New Version 2.0 Of Embedded Secure Shell Has Enhancements Based on Customer Feedback

FREMONT, Calif. - Sept. 16, 2003 (Send2Press Newswire) -- TeamF1, Inc. (www.TeamF1.com), the high-performance embedded networking and security software company, today announced immediate availability of SSHield Version 2.0. This version enhances its popular standards-based SECSH software for the network and industrial manufacturer markets. SSHield 2.0 now adds a host of new features based on customer requests, emerging new technologies, and support for new standards, such as X.509.

"SSHield has been used for secure remote management of connected embedded systems ranging from networking and telecom equipment to industrial control equipment. It continues to be one of the most popular and growing secure CLI solutions available today," said Mukesh Lulla, President of TeamF1. "SSHield has always been recognized for its comprehensive feature-set, lean footprint, and tight integration with its supported platforms. Version 2.0 expands on all of these areas with major new features such as the ability to scale out unneeded ciphers, flexible access to secure file transfer facilities, and enhanced Kerberos support."

Highlights of new features include:

• X.509 capability: Support for X.509 certificate-based authentication including revocation list features.
• Reduced memory footprint: Ability to scale out specific encryption ciphers, certificate support and combinations of hash algorithms. Features such as compression can also be scaled out based on application resource budgeting and requirements.
• Enhanced scp and sftp library: Flexible APIs for scp / sftp based secure file transfer for ease of client and server control.
• Target-based Key generation: Dynamic key generation capabilities on target systems.
• Enhanced Kerberos integration: Full-featured integration with TeamF1's AuthAgent Kerberos and other Kerberos agents for secure authentication.
• Abstracted IO system: Flexible interface for storage requirements of keys, certificates, and preferences for devices that do not have a file system available.

As in earlier versions, SSHield continues to provide a full suite of SECSH applications including server & client implementations and secure copy & FTP subsystems. SSHield version 2.0 also includes an updated version of its comprehensive cryptographic library and new drivers for popular hardware accelerators.

Availability
SSHield version 2.0 is immediately available for licensing directly from TeamF1 on Wind River's VxWorks(R) 5.x, pSOSystem(R), and other embedded operating systems. It requires no special code modifications or OS source requirements and can secure legacy applications without requiring access to their source code. For more product details, please refer to http://www.TeamF1.com/docs/SSHield.pdf.

About TeamF1
TeamF1, Inc., founded in 1996, is a privately held corporation headquartered in Fremont, CA. TeamF1's products enable secure management of telecom/datacom and industrial equipment, and provide the infrastructure components needed for switching and wireless products in various market segments. For more information visit the company's website at http://www.TeamF1.com or contact TeamF1 Public Relations at 510-505-9931 or email pr _at_ TeamF1.com.

Company Website: www.TeamF1.com
Source of News: TeamF1, Inc.

California Business Newswire / Datacom and Telecom Newswire
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