Fortinet Delivers Industry's First Secure Content Processing Systems That Enable Virus Scanning, Content Filtering, and Other Applications to be Deployed as Network Services

Business Wire, May 6, 2002

-- The FortiGate-50 and FortiGate-100 SCPGs for SOHO, telecommuter, and branch
office applications provide from 30 Mbps to 95 Mbps of throughput, are easily
installed using the browser-based Installation Wizard, and are attractively
priced.

-- The FortiGate-200 and FortiGate-300 SCPGs provide the best combination of
performance and value for small and medium-sized businesses and branch offices,
with 160 Mbps of capacity and support for up to 1,500 concurrent VPN tunnels
(with triple-DES encryption). These systems also support 20 Gigabyte internal
hard drives for logging and analysis of usage and attacks.

-- The enterprise-class FortiGate-400 SCPG delivers 300 Mbps of throughput and
supports an extended database that includes thousands of virus and worm
signatures. A high-availability port and fail-over logic to support redundant
configurations makes the FortiGate-400 ideal for mission-critical applications.


-- The FortiGate-2000 carrier-class device lets large enterprises and service
providers deliver high-value, high-availability, managed security and
content-control services. It supports real-time, anti-virus scanning, 500,000
concurrent sessions, 5,000 VPN tunnels, and 2 gigabits/second of firewall
throughput. Redundant power supplies and a high-availability port with
transparent fail-over ensure non-stop operation.

Pricing, System Requirements, and Availability

The FortiGate SCPG models 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 2000 are available immediately. List prices range from U.S. $695 to $39,995.

About Fortinet

Fortinet, the pioneering provider of Secure Content Processing systems, enables enterprises and service providers to improve the security of their networks, reduce misuse and abuse, and better utilize network resources without compromising performance -- at dramatically lower costs. Fortinet's industry-leading FortiGate Series of Secure Content Processing Gateways (SCPGs) breaks the Content Processing Barrier, delivering application-level services such as virus protection and content filtering along with firewall, VPN, intrusion detection, and traffic shaping functions as high-performance network services in dedicated, easily managed platforms. Developed by proven industry visionaries, the FortiGate Series is powered by Fortinet's Accelerated Behavior and Content Analysis System (ABACAS(TM)) technology, which includes the patent-pending FortiASIC(TM) content processing engine, enabling the FortiGate Series to usher in a new era of network protection services. Fortinet is privately held and based in Palo Alto, Calif. The company's web address is http://www.Fortinet.com.

Note to Editors: Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiASIC, FortiOS, and ABACAS are trademarks of Fortinet, Inc.