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Technology from SSH Communications Security Ensures High Key Management Interoperability and Performance in INFONET Routers

SSH Communications Security announces its licensing agreement with Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., one of the world's leaders in providing base materials, processes, and technologies to the telecommunications, electronics, and automobile market, with sales reaching $ 6 billion during 1998.

"SSH IPSEC technology will be part of a whole family of INFONET Router Series," says Masatoshi Sugihara, General Manager Network Product Division at Furukawa Electric, "We will release upgraded versions of Mucho router called Mucho-EV which have several enhanced functionality including IPSec VPN".

IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is an Internet standard for interconnected, secure networking devices and the predominant technology in Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). SSH's IKE (Internet Key Exchange) is the world's leading IKE implementation and represents the latest in key management technology. It is a toolkit for adding key management functionality into an IPSec-based product.

Tatu Ylönen, President and CEO at SSH Communications Security says, "Furukawa is known as the Japanese pioneer in IP routing. Their success towards foreign competition in the Japanese market has been impressive. SSH is very pleased to be working with Furukawa to implement security in their Internet products. SSH IPSEC will help Furukawa customers to use their routers to build highly secure VPNs."

INFONET routers are powerful and economical access routers capable of providing a most adaptive solution for inter-LAN connection among high, middle, and small-scale business offices or home offices called SOHO. They support various WAN interfaces and some of the routers have integrated intelligent hubs.

In electronics, Furukawa Electric is expanding rapidly into even wider ranges of applications. The company is looking forward to continue its contribution to the global community by enhancing lifestyles through advanced technologies and make computerized technology easily accessible to the customers.

About Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. was established in 1896. It is Japan's largest IP router manufacturer, with over 30% market share. The company is also, one of the world's leading manufacturers of electric wire and cable, nonferrous metals and other related products. It provides engineering services, including installation of power and telecommunications cables, and is a major manufacturer of optical-fiber cables.

The company has forty-four consolidated subsidiaries, twenty nine in Japan, seven in the United States, two each in Canada and Brazil and one each in Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore and the Netherlands.

NOTE:
INFONET is a trademark of Furukawa Electric in Japan.
SSH is a registered trademark of SSH Communications Security Ltd.

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