SOMERSET, N.J. - Oct. 4, 2004 - Netilla ® Networks, Inc., the leading provider of simple, secure application access, today announced a major upgrade to its Netilla Security Platform (NSP) and Secure Gateway Appliance (SGA) SSL VPN product families. dynaTRUSTTM Release 5.0, the latest version of Netilla's operating system (O/S), provides these benefits:

• Major enhancements to the Netilla V-Realms TM Client Identity Engine, which enforces multiple sets of unique authentication and authorization policies for distinct user groups. The enhancements include full integration of client integrity for host integrity checking, cache cleaning and secure desktop; support for client-certificates with certificate revocation lists used in PKI infrastructures; and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication and group policy.
• Powerful new protections against Web application security vulnerabilities, including cookie snooping, denial of service (DOS) attacks, authentication hijacking and TCP fragmentation. Such vulnerabilities represent a growing threat, according to the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a group of IT security professionals that has compiled an annual list of the 10 most critical Web application security flaws.
• Up to a tenfold performance increase for certain applications.

"As secure application access continues its transition from early adopters to the mass market, user-focused features like ease of use, client integrity and performance will become even more important," said Reggie Best, president and CEO of Netilla Networks. "Our new dynaTRUST Release 5.0 extends Netilla's acknowledged leadership in simplicity and ease of use for both network administrators and remote users, while strengthening client integrity and web application security protection."

With Release 5.0, Netilla has integrated Sygate On-Demand into its V-Realms framework, allowing its powerful endpoint security to be provided on a per-realm basis. Sygate On-Demand allows companies with little control over non-corporate owned endpoints to ensure compliance with corporate security policy before allowing access to enterprise resources. By verifying the security integrity of a device, creating an encrypted virtual desktop environment, and then erasing the data from the system upon termination of the session, Netilla customers now enjoy even greater levels of security in accessing web-based applications without compromising network integrity.

"The deep integration of our Sygate On-Demand with Netilla's Release 5.0 makes it even easier for companies to implement endpoint integrity safeguards as they roll out remote access to their employees and trusted business partners," said John De Santis, CEO and president of Sygate Technologies.  "With advanced capabilities such as Secure Desktop and Host Checking, Sygate On-Demand gives users the freedom to securely access their applications from any computer -- including Internet cafes or airport kiosks." 

Expanded Netilla V-Realms Engine For More Flexibility in Policy-Enforced Access
Netilla's advanced V-Realms Client Identity Engine simplifies the creation and enforcement of authentication, entitlements, and client integrity rules for up to 1,000 distinct groups, which can encompass employees, partners and affiliated authorized users (such as physicians affiliated with a hospital). For example, financial personnel assigned to Realm 1 could have access to financial applications, while sales personnel in Realm 2 might have access only to CRM and email applications, combined with different authentication and client integrity rules for each group. A network administrator can accomplish all of this with just a few mouse clicks using Netilla V-Realms.

More Robust Performance, Broadest Application Access
Netilla dynaTRUST Release 5.0 provides clear-cut enhancements for working with the broadest range of applications:

• Microsoft® Outlook® Web Access (OWA) and other web-based applications: For the growing number of remote users with broadband connections, Netilla's web reverse proxy turbocharges web application performance by offloading client-side HTML translation to the server. Separately, Netilla's Web reverse proxy can now support more than 95 percent of Web-based and intranet applications, thanks to enhancements to its Java ä Applet Rewrite Module (JARM). Intelligent support for ActiveX â allows the selective use of ActiveX components for compatibility with more Web applications, but without falling back on less-secure port forwarding technology.
• Client/server applications: Netilla's Virtual Adapter establishes a network-layer SSL connection between client applications and remote servers. By eliminating performance bottlenecks, upload speeds for applications such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uploads have been increased by up to tenfold.
• Windows® Terminal Services: Netilla provides secure remote access to Windows Terminal Services, enabling native, full-function support for any Windows application, including Outlook, Office and any third-party Windows program. For Release 5.0, Session Persistence maintains a remote session in an active state during brief network interruptions.

Pricing and Availability
Set for general availability from Netilla certified partners by the end of October, dynaTRUST Release 5.0 will be offered as the standard O/S for both of Netilla's product families: the flagship Netilla Security Platform (NSP) and the just-introduced Netilla Secure Gateway Appliance (SGA) line of application-specific SSL VPN products, priced at less than $5,000. Existing customers will be upgraded to Release 5.0 as part of their service plans. Release 5.0's new client integrity features will be available as options.