Bellevue, Washington – March 23, 2005 – PeerSec Networks MatrixSSL secures D-Link wireless networked media players.
PeerSec Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security solutions, announces today that D-Link® has integrated MatrixSSL™ into its DSM line of media players. Today’s media savvy consumers demand completely secure wireless devices as well as full support for all popular file formats and services. With MatrixSSL, D-Link has been able to provide the strongest security possible without compromising product features.
"PeerSec’s embedded security solution allowed us to significantly reduce the footprint of our security implementation," explains Maggie Chen, director of product management for D-Link. "MatrixSSL was easy to integrate into the MediaLounge™ Wireless Media Player, saving us development time through use of the existing hardware.”
MatrixSSL’s low footprint security implementation gives D-Link the ability to reduce the overall firmware size in their current products, freeing up hardware resources for next-generation media formats as they enter the market.
"Our agreement with D-Link furthers our strategic goal of working closely with leading manufacturers to provide enterprise level security for devices. The media player market is growing rapidly and networked devices without security will soon be obsolete." said J Harper, CEO of PeerSec Networks, Inc. “By embedding MatrixSSL into their media player devices D-Link is now able to provide the strongest security possible to their customers while keeping their devices compelling and feature rich.”
About MatrixSSL
MatrixSSL is highly optimized and ideal for use in consumer networking products. Its fully standards based implementation of TLS, client and server authentication, and industry standard ciphers has been ported to over 20 platforms including VxWorks, uClinux, eCos, pSOS, BREW, embedded Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, CE, and PocketPC. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and the next generation Transport Layer Security (TLS) are the most widely deployed protocols for creating secure connections between applications on a network. SSL is used to secure proprietary applications as well as common Internet protocols such as HTTP, SIP, H.323 and EAP-TLS.
A free evaluation download is available at http://www.peersec.com/matrixSslEval.html.
About D-Link
D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. For more information please visit http://www.dlink.com.
About PeerSec Networks
PeerSec Networks Inc. is a leading provider of internet security solutions for the next generation of networked devices. PeerSec Networks provides security and device management for millions of internet connected devices in the market. PeerSec Networks embedded SSL, TLS, and cryptography solutions are currently shipping in PIN/POS terminals, secure VoIP phones, Wi-Fi devices, wireless printers, networking equipment, and trusted computing platforms. For more information please visit http://www.peersec.com.
Contact Information
Steve Lokos
PeerSec Networks, Inc.
10900 NE 8th St Suite 750
Bellevue, WA 98004-1455
pr@peersec.com
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Bellevue, Washington, October 26th, 2004 - PeerSec Networks Inc., a leading provider of embedded Internet security software announces no-compromise VoIP security solution based on their popular MatrixSSL security product. The MatrixSSL Transport Layer Security (TLS) stack provides the security features required in VoIP solutions with minimal resource usage and maximum security.
"VoIP is an enormous emerging market. As with most new technologies, initial implementations struggle to provide the level of security customers demand. MatrixSSL provides manufacturers with a huge head start securing their VoIP solutions by reducing risk and providing a faster time-to-market", PeerSec CEO J Harper explains. "MatrixSSL's strong security and low footprint fit all current VoIP phone platforms making the transition to a trusted network possible with no additional hardware investment."
Newly deployed VoIP networks are vulnerable to the same attacks that currently plague PCs on the Internet. Viruses, man in the middle attacks, denial of service, and IP spoofing are all issues that need to be resolved when creating a modern VoIP solution. Each of these attacks can be prevented through the user authentication, network authentication, secure provisioning, and secure management implemented in MatrixSSL as defined by the TLS standard.
Strong security is a must-have in VoIP today and VoIP providers need to create solutions as feature-rich as possible to maintain their competitive advantage. MatrixSSL's intelligent design and low resource usage allows them to provide the strongest security available without compromising features or functionality.
ABOUT MATRIXSSL
MatrixSSL supplies the authentication required for both secure H.323 signaling and secure SIP, ensuring calls are billed correctly and preventing IP/MAC spoofing on the client and server. MatrixSSL provides an integral part of the PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and EAP-FAST network authentication mechanisms that allow both wired and Wi-Fi devices to be authenticated on a network through a RADIUS server. MatrixSSL also provides industry standard authentication for STUN protocol NAT and firewall traversal and enables secure phone provisioning and management over HTTPS, ensuring devices are configured by a trusted source.
A free source code evaluation version of MatrixSSL is available for immediate download from: http://www.peersec.com.
ABOUT PEERSEC NETWORKS
PeerSec Networks Inc. was founded in 2002 to provide security solutions for the next generation of networked devices. PeerSec Networks provides the critical security needed in millions of new Internet connected devices entering the marketplace. Each new online device must be secure, interoperable, and manageable. PeerSec Networks solutions allow customers to provide the strongest security available to their products without compromising functionality. PeerSec software is currently deployed in PIN terminals, VoIP and cellular phones, WiFi devices, wireless printers, networking equipment, and trusted computing platforms.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Steve Lokos
PeerSec Networks, Inc.
10900 NE 8th St Suite 750
Bellevue, WA 98004
http://www.peersec.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PeerSec Networks Releases MatrixSSL Embedded Security Solution
Bellevue, Washington Thursday, April 8, 2004 - PeerSec Networks LLC, a leading provider of secure device management software, announced today the release of MatrixSSL 1.0, a dual-licensed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL/TLS) implementation unique in the embedded marketplace.
"PeerSec is focused on providing solutions for secure device management", said J Harper, CEO of PeerSec Networks. "Our embedded SSL library, MatrixSSL, enables standards based network security on even the smallest device. Current implementations of SSL are too large for the embedded market. MatrixSSL enables an entirely new class of devices to ship with a full security implementation. The compact footprint of MatrixSSL frees up a considerable amount of resources for new functionality in embedded devices."
MatrixSSL is less than 50 KB including cipher suites. The product includes TLS and SSLv3 client and server support, X.509 certificate authentication, fast session resumption, and implementations of RSA, AES, 3DES, ARC4, SHA1, and MD5.
MatrixSSL is not dependent on any specific transport layer, operating system, or hardware configuration. It is designed to allow straightforward integration with existing applications without threading, sockets or file system constraints. MatrixSSL includes sample client and server applications. PeerSec Networks also offers custom integration services if customers have additional security requirements.
MatrixSSL is available now under either an open source GPL license or a royalty free commercial license to maximize the adoption of security in devices. The GPL license allows open source projects to freely incorporate MatrixSSL into their application. The royalty free commercial license is available for purchase and allows proprietary projects to incorporate MatrixSSL. The commercial license includes the government standardized Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher and IETF ratified Transport Layer Security (TLS) as well as Quick Start Integration support and security updates. A free download of MatrixSSL is available on the open source project site at http://www.matrixssl.org.
ABOUT PEERSEC NETWORKS
PeerSec Networks was founded in 2002 to provide a software solution that combines security, Web services, and presence based messaging to solve current challenges in device management. With PeerSec Networks' software, devices can provide authenticated, secure management features through public networks, WiFi hotspots and unknown network topologies. MatrixSSL is part of PeerSec Networks' Device Web Services product suite.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Steve Lokos
PeerSec Networks, Inc.
10900 NE 8th St Suite 750
Bellevue, WA 98004-1455
1-866-646-7850
http://www.peersec.com
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Matrix 1.0 Beta has been released. Head over to www.matrixssl.org to download a copy. We are interested in hearing your feedback.
We're set to release the beta of MatrixSSL on Monday. The software will be publicly available as a download through this site. We look forward to hearing your feedback!
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We've made major updates to our website; notably the inclusion of the weblog/news section. This area is powered by MovableType. We'll be entering new items we encounter, but also writing entries on some of the things we've run across since we started PeerSec. We'll try to keep more signal than noise in the older items. Our intention is that this becomes a resource for people interested in our market and technology space. Let the commentary begin.
