September 2006

• Look Who's Talking -- Mistletoe in the News: As vendors deploy more products based on Mistletoe RDX technology, customers and analysts like what they see. Read on to find out more!
• Just the Facts: Tolly Group benchmarked a recently announced VPN Firewall based on the Mistletoe VF4500 Security SoC and found that it sustained multi-gigabit performance levels even under intense loads and while running thousands of active policies. For more details, see the article below.
• Customer Highlight: Learn about Viking Interworks' new LAN VPN/FW appliance with a very different price point.
• Did You Know?: Our team has been active around the globe. Find out what we've been up to..
• Upcoming Events: Check out where Mistletoe will be next -- and catch us at a venue near you.

Product Reviews

Excerpt from EETimes…

"Executives from Force 10 Networks Inc. have launched a chip-level security company that could revolutionize the way threat streams are handled, through a new formal grammar called RDX, or Reloadable Direct eXecution. Mistletoe Technologies Inc. says it already has several customers in hand for its first-generation VF4500 system-on-a-chip, first of a family of processors using RDX."

Click here for the full review.

Excerpt from Information Week…

"One of the most evolved security system-on-chip technologies comes from Mistletoe Technologies, which is finding network appliance makers to embed its RDX chips within their devices to provide VPN and firewall capabilities. By the end of September, Taiwan-based network security provider BroadWeb Corp. will begin shipping its new Zone Defender appliance throughout Asia as a way for companies in that region to encrypt data sent over a LAN without slowing the flow of data across the network."

Click here for the full review.

Click here to read the Mistletoe press release announcing Broadweb's selection of Mistletoe's Security SoC products for their Zone Defender line of security products.

Mistletoe RDX is a trademark of Mistletoe Technologies, Inc.

Customer Highlight

Viking InterWorks™ is shaking up the industry with its Viking V 2-Gigabit VPN/Firewall appliance now available at an unbelievable sub-$5,000 price point. Leveraging Mistletoe's turn-key reference designs and comprehensive software package, Viking InterWorks has rapidly and economically deployed a new feature-packed enterprise solution that has received some strong reviews by the technical press. Purchase this security solution through CDW today!

Mistletoe OEMs Exhibit Mistletoe RDX-Based Products Worldwide

Our OEM partners recently exhibited their "built with Mistletoe RDX technology" products at many large and exciting tradeshows around the world, including:

• Computex, Taipei
• Infosecurity China, Beijing
• Comunicasia, Singapore
• NECC, San Diego, CA

Mistletoe Technologies has joined the Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC).  Founded in 1999, VPNC is the international trade association for manufacturers in the VPN market.  For more information, go to the VPNC Web site where you can view the list of members, learn about VPNC interoperability testing and find member's qualified products as well as their interoperability testing profiles.

Tolly Group Benchmarks the Mistletoe VF4500 Security SoC

The performance of the Mistletoe VF4500 Security SoC has been validated by the Tolly Group, the IT industry's leading provider of third-party validation and hands-on research services.  Check out the solution that Tolly says "maintains multi-gigabit performance levels when faced with demanding small packets and a large number of rule sets" and "[delivers] well in excess of 1 Gbps of bidirectional firewall throughput with 10,000 ACLs active." The complete report is available online.

Information on How Export Controls Affect Mistletoe's Products

Mistletoe's products are subject to United States export controls on encryption technology and are eligible for export under certain provisions of License Exception ENC. Therefore, certain limitations apply to the export of our products from the U.S., as well as subsequent re-exports from third countries. For more information regarding export controls, click here.

Interop
September 18-22, 2006
New York, NY

For more information, click here.