Press Release

Meetinghouse Hires John Vollbrecht, Veteran IETF / IEEE Strategist of Network Endpoint Security

Portsmouth, NH - February 8, 2005 - Meetinghouse, a leading developer of standards-based network authentication software for wired and wireless local-area networks today announced the hiring of John Vollbrecht, a founder of Interlink Networks and world-renowned designer, developer, and implementer of RADIUS and network authentication technologies. Mr. Vollbrecht will be a principal technical consultant of Meetinghouse 802.1X- and RADIUS-based solutions that support the emerging area of managed network endpoint integrity.

"Effective enterprise network security requires an integrated, holistic approach," said Paul Goransson, President of Meetinghouse. "Architecting successful solutions in this emerging area requires an intimate knowledge of network security trends, technology partner eco-systems and industry standards. John Vollbrecht is one of very few individuals in the network security industry with this level of expertise and we are excited to have him join Meetinghouse."

"Enterprises and many world-leading OEMs depend on Meetinghouse as their source for 802.1X security solutions," said John Vollbrecht. "My mission will be to maintain Meetinghouse's leadership position in Layer 2 wired and wireless security while coordinating its contribution to the emerging area of policy-centric network access and endpoint integrity with our industry technology partners and the industry standards groups."

Prior to founding Interlink Networks, Mr. Vollbrecht was with Merit Network, Inc. since 1988. He was the principal architect of the Merit AAA Server since its initial development. In addition, Mr. Vollbrecht was Director of the Merit AAA Server Consortium, which developed and enhanced the Merit AAA Server. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Mr. Vollbrecht holds a B.E.E. degree from Cornell University, a B.S.E.E. from Case Western Reserve University and an M.A. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. He has over 30 years of experience in computer networking.

About Meetinghouse
Meetinghouse is the leading supplier of advanced 802.1X and EAP-based network security solutions for providing mutual authentication on wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi networks. Meetinghouse supports a wide selection of operating system platforms and authentication methods to provide enterprises with maximum flexibility forEndpoint Security and Integrity. The company markets to both enterprises and global hardware OEMs, and is at the forefront of standards-based 802.1X wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi authentication technologies. Meetinghouse’s 802.1X API and OEM Toolkits enable leading networking companies to rapidly support and deploy 802.1X, WPA, EAP, and Cisco Compatible Extensions enabled products.

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