Astaro Best of Show finalist at LINUXWORLD

Astaro Security Linux has been selected as a Best of Show Finalist for the upcoming LINUXWORLD Conference & Expo to be held August 12-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco.

San Francisco -- LINUXWORLD -- August 13, 2002 -- Astaro Corporation, the developer of the popular Astaro Security Linux with more than 10,000 installations, has been selected as a Best of Show Finalist for the upcoming LINUXWORLD Conference & Expo to be held August 12-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Astaro is one of five finalists for the Best of Show award in the security products category. The selected product is Astaro Security Linux Version 3, an integrated firewall, VPN, anti-virus and URL content filtering combined into a single software package that also bundles a hardened Linux kernel.

Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Astaro Security Linux software is one of the worlds most popular and certainly most affordable server-based Firewall/VPN gateways.

With an entry license price of $390, the Astaro Security Linux All-in-One product is an affordable alternative to high-cost, high-maintenance firewalls such as those offered by Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO), Check Point (Nasdaq:CHKP) and NetScreen (Nasdaq:NSCN).

The Firewalls stateful packet inspection guards against denial-of-service attacks such as SYN and UDP floods, Smurf, Trinoo and IP spoofing. The VPN authenticates via IPsec and Pre-shared Key, and its PPTP offers 128-bit encryption. VPN throughput is up to 115 Mbit/s using IPSec AES encryption, Firewall throughput is up to 735 Mbit/s on Intel hardware with 1.2 GHz processor.

The new Astaro Security Linux Version 3 release features load balancing, Surf Protection (URL blocking) and a new High Availability module. Other features include an Up2Date service that automatically updates new virus signatures and URL black lists, a WebAdmin tool that allows for remote administration, Quality of Service (QoS), enhanced support for DSL and cable modem Internet access. The X.509 Certificate Authority allows management of own or external certified keys.

About Astaro Corporation

Astaro specializes in affordable Internet security solutions for protection against hackers, viruses and other risks of connecting to the Internet. Using Open Source Software as a base, Astaro is supporting the platform that is setting new technical and economic standards. Astaro is committed to providing easy-to-mange, cost-effective solutions for their clients critical security issues. With offices in Europe and the United States, Astaro Security Linux is distributed by a worldwide network of partners who offer local support in the installation and maintenance of our world-class security solution. www.astaro.com.

U.S. Address: Astaro Corp. 67 South Bedford St., Suite 400W. Burlington, MA, USA . Tel. (781) 369-1480. E-Mail: info@astaro.com

Germany Address: Astaro AG . Jahnstr. 1 . 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany. Tel. 0721 / 490 069 0. E-Mail: info@astaro.com.

U.S. Press Contact:
Victor Cruz
(508) 785-1590
vcruz@astaro.com