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The new test winning SSH IPSEC Express offers strong cryptography and interoperative state-of-the-art security in TCP/IP products for OEMs and System Integrators

SSH Communications Security Ltd. recently announced SSH IPSEC Express toolkit was found the best IPSEC solution supporting strong cryptography in the network security market. Especially the efficient ISAKMP/Oakley solution for software providers, system integrators, and other companies was rated a state-of-the-art implementation. With the SSH IPSEC Express these companies can include security functionality in their own products.

SSH IPSEC Express showed interoperability with all other major IPSEC vendors (e.g. Microsoft, Cisco, RadGuard, CheckPoint, Timestep, Raptor). It was found the most competitive IPSEC solution available, supporting all the latest standards. Furthermore, its technical quality and performance was clearly better than that of competitors. The solution was thoroughly tested at the interoperability bakeoff sponsored by the American automotive industry and the International Computer Security Association (ICSA).

Shortens customer time-to-market

SSH IPSEC Express is delivered as source code to allow easy integration and modification as well as extensive security inspection. It is one of the first openly marketed IPSEC toolkits. It allows customers to reduce the product development time significantly and minimize the risks inherent in the development of critical security functionality.

Due to the easy availability of the toolkit, the SSH IPSEC Express is expected to significantly contribute to the spreading of IPSEC technology. SSH ISAKMP/Oakley is the key management module of IPSEC Express and is also offered to customers as a separate toolkit for use with their existing IPSEC solutions. The SSH ISAKMP/Oakley module implements ISAKMP/Oakley functionality with all the required modes, including the New Group Mode not found in many implementations.

Leading the way in certificates

SSH IPSEC Express has a clear lead in certificates. It was found extremely compatible with both leading Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions from Entrust and Verisign.

SSH Certificate Tools for X.509v3 is a library for processing X.509 certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists, PKCS#10 requests, and more. The SSH Cryptographic Library implements all the cryptography needed by the toolkit, including public key cryptography, symmetric encryption, key exchange, hashes, etc.

Growing demand for secure IP communication

The IPSEC market expects explosive growth during the spring and summer of 1998. Information security standards are eliminating the security risks associated with Internet Protocol (IP) thus making the Internet the most significant information medium available.

All traffic on the Internet is expected to be encrypted within the next two years, provided that there are no legal restrictions placed on cryptography. Encryption will become a basic service supported as a part of all network communications devices and communications software.

IPSEC and ISAKMP/Oakley are the key technologies employed in the oncoming change, enjoying the support of many major enterprises in the IT-industry. Router and firewall manufacturers, information security application vendors, manufacturers of operating systems, and other Internet equipment and system manufacturers are implementing IPSEC-based security solutions to gain the competitive advantage that secure communications provide.

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