News

Major Competitive Provider of Data Communications Solutions in Germany will now build Corporate Internet Access Solutions Based on SSH's Cutting-Edge Internet Security Technology

SSH Communications Security (SSH) a leading provider of advanced Internet security technology and products announced today that ELSA has licensed SSH's IPSEC Express Toolkit to integrate it to its ELSA LANCOM Corporate Router products.

Markku Kangas, President and CEO of SSH said, "I am very pleased to announce this new relationship. Both our companies are known to have innovative and high quality products within our respective fields. The combination of our technologies offers a perfect solution for corporate network communications."

"This cooperation allows us to offer tailor made VPN solutions with the most robust network-level security solution available. Our new ELSA LANCOM products based on SSH´s IPSEC Express Toolkit will offer reliable and high quality VPN applications to small and medium size enterprises as well as complete new solutions in a new dimension regarding flexibility and costs. With these products we will introduce VPN technology to a much broader market than it is used today," said Ralf Koenzen, Vice President Communications Systems of ELSA.

ELSA's networking products range from access routing for small and mid-sized businesses, corporate routing for wide-area networking and the development of global corporate networks, to modern wireless networks. The products are particularly easy to use, reliable and with added-value functions.

IPsec is the predominant security technology used in VPNs, firewalls, routers, operating and embedded systems, network management applications and electronic banking applications. These allow users to establish secure data communications between multiple networks or network devices using insecure public networks such as the Internet. SSH's IPsec technology adds scaleable, strong security to IP networks, without limiting its flexibility to enable new types of business opportunities, such as secure local and global communications between companies e-commerce and e-banking. SSH IPSEC Express is the world's leading toolkit for IPsec.

About Elsa

ELSA is one of the leading providers of Internet access and computer graphics solutions for the PC. Its product range includes modems, ISDN adapters, videoconferencing systems, ISDN and DSL routers, graphics boards and monitors. ELSA was founded in 1980 and today has more than 550 employees. In addition to its headquarters in Aachen, Ger-many, it also maintains subsidiaries in Santa Clara, California, as well as Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan. Since June 1998, ELSA AG shares are traded on the "Neuer Markt" trading segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange in Germany. For more information please visit our web-site at: www.elsa.com

© 2002 SSH Communications Security Corp. All rights reserved. ssh® is a registered trademark of SSH Communications Security Corp in the United States and in certain other jurisdictions. All other names and marks are property of their respective owners.