Press Release

Meetinghouse Announces AEGIS Client for UNIX Platforms

WLAN Security Provided for Linux and Solaris Clients

Portsmouth, NH - September 10, 2003 - Meetinghouse, Inc., a leading developer of standards-based network authentication software for wired and wireless local-area networks, announces AEGIS Client for Linux and Solaris. AEGIS Client interoperates with standards-compliant solutions from Meetinghouse and other providers to deliver 802.1X wired and wireless LAN security. By supporting Unix-based client platforms along with the Windows family of operating systems, plus Mac OS X, Palm Tungsten C and other new and legacy platforms, Meetinghouse meets the enterprise's need for flexibility in its WLAN implementations.

Features and Benefits of AEGIS Client for UNIX (v1.2.1)

AEGIS Client for Linux:

• Provides a fully supported, commercially available 802.1X security solution to organizations with Linux users
• Features an easy to use Graphical User Interface
• Supports a wide range of EAP methods, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, LEAP and PEAP
• Supports RedHat Linux 8.0 and 9.0 for x86
• Offers security support for both wired and wireless LANs
• Provides wireless connectivity support for Intersil Prism 2, Agere and Cisco cards

AEGIS Client for Solaris:

• Represents the first commercially available 802.1X client implementation for Solaris
• Features an easy to use Graphical User Interface
• Supports a wide range of EAP methods, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, LEAP and PEAP
• Supports Solaris 8 for SPARC
• Offers wired LAN support only

"Meetinghouse is one of the few wireless LAN security vendors who understand the need for true cross-platform support," said Bill Gruszka the CIO for Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), a beta site for AEGIS Client for Linux. "This need is particularly the case in the higher education market where UNIX platforms are extremely popular for science and engineering."

Availability
The production version of AEGIS for Linux is available today; and for Solaris on September 15. The software is downloadable from the Meetinghouse website. Click here to download.

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.

Contacts: Mark Samber +1 603 430 7710