Aventail Expands Best-of-Breed Partnership for Secure Remote Access With Two Leading Japanese Authentication Companies

Leading SSL VPN product company Aventail is
partnering with two of Japan's leading authentication technology companies,
Computer Systems Engineering (CSE) and Thirdnetworks. Both companies use
innovative authentication processes to ensure secure remote access and
integrate with the Aventail SSL VPN for a seamless user experience and ease
of management.

These partnerships are part of Aventail's best-of-breed Technology
Partnership Program. Through this program, Aventail partners with more than
30 other best-of-breed solutions to ensure strong interoperability and
layered security. In addition to CSE and Thirdnetworks, Aventail integrates
with several authentication solutions, including RSA Security, VeriSign,
PassGo and Swivel.

"Our technology partner program is fundamental to our best-of-breed
strategy, which allows us to integrate with other leading technologies to
give our customers a powerful and flexible overall solution for remote
access," said Randy Boroughs, senior director of product management,
Aventail.

CSE's solution, SecureMatrix, is a Web-based, one time password solution
that does not require client PC software or additional hardware tokens.
This enables users to be authenticated on PCs and PDAs anytime, anywhere,
using only a browser.

For authentication using SecureMatrix, a user first creates a sequence of
numbers taken from the matrix shown in the browser. This sequence of
numbers will be registered in the SecureMatrix server to represent the
user's password pattern. Each time the user attempts to authenticate, the
numbers in the matrix will change, but the password pattern stays constant.
The user will enter the numbers represented in the sequence. In other
words, the password is the combination of positions in the matrix rather
than a static set of numbers. This password pattern can only be changed by
the user directly or by an administrator of the SecureMatrix server. The
Aventail SSL VPN appliance integrates with this solution by providing
single sign-on capabilities with SecureMatrix.

Thirdnetworks provides a managed authentication service, called "Secure
Call," which leverages the ubiquity of cell phones in the Japanese market
with its innovative technology. The authentication system works similar to
a token-based solution but uses a cell phone instead of a token.

Customers pre-register their cell phone numbers with Thirdnetworks, and the
customer data sits in a RADIUS server back-end system. When a user attempts
to authenticate on the portal page of the Aventail SSL VPN, the system
automatically connects into the Secure Call center, and the center calls
the user's cell phone, providing a unique PIN (personal identification
number), which the user then uses to authenticate and gain access.

These latest partnerships add to Aventail's growing presence and market
share in Japan. Aventail recently released the Japanese localized version
of its Smart SSL VPN version 8.5, featuring patent-pending Smart Tunneling
technology. Smart Tunneling enables universal application reach with
complete control and security.

About Aventail

Aventail is the leading SSL VPN product company and the authority on secure
application access technology. Aventail delivered the first SSL VPN
solution in 1997, and today, Aventail meets the secure communication needs
of more than one million end users in over 75 countries. Aventail's family
of SSL VPN appliances increases productivity for end users and IT
professionals, while maximizing security and lowering costs. Aventail
appliances are built on Aventail's proven platform, which leads the
industry in End Point Control, policy management, and transparent,
easy-to-use access options to the broadest range of applications. Aventail
is the SSL VPN of choice among leading enterprises and service providers
worldwide, such as AT&T, DuPont, IBM Global Services, MCI, Netifice, Office
Depot, Sanyo, and TNT. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Aventail has
an extensive global network of channel partners and sales support offices.
For more information, go to www.aventail.com.

About Computer Systems Engineering Co. Ltd. (CSE)

CSE has been an independent software developer in Japan for over 30 years.
We offer our services to financial institutions, corporations, and
governments to name a few. In addition to our self-developed SecureMatrix,
we also provide Sophos Anti-Virus software, Mailsweeper, and mail contents
filtering software. We also provide systems integration, maintenance, and
our comprehensive and professional technical support to our customers to
run the software and systems to the maximum availability. Visit the CSE
Web site at http://www.cseltd.co.jp/ for more details.

About Thirdnetworks

Thirdnetworks is one of the leaders in the authentication market with its
product "Secure Call." Its headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan.
Thirdnetworks is an Authentication Service Provider (ASP). Its flagship
service, "Secure Call," allows the user to have secure remote access with
"EASY," "SECURE" and "LOW COST" authentication. "Secure Call" has been used
by more than 100 companies since Thirdnetworks started the service in
November 2004. For a more in-depth explanation of the products and
services, please visit www.thirdnetworks.co.jp. For direct contact please
email us at info@thirdnetworks.co.jp or call +81 (3) 3500.3030.

Aventail, Aventail ASAP, Aventail Smart SSL VPN, Aventail EX-1500, Aventail
EX-750, Aventail OnDemand, Aventail Smart Tunneling, and their respective
logos are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Aventail
Corporation. Other product and company names mentioned are the property of
their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.





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