Ingate®UNVEILS FIREWALL 1600 AND SIPARATOR 60

High-Capacity SIP-Enabling Products for the Enterprise

STOCKHOLM, December 15, 2004 - Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com, whose award-winning security products enable enterprises to solve the problem of letting Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) traverse their firewalls, today unveils two new products: the Ingate Firewall® 1600 and Ingate SIParator® 60.

Both are powerful tools for organizations with high demands for capacity, throughput, reliability and Voice over IP (VoIP). Like all products from Ingate, the Firewall 1600 and SIParator 60 deliver the ability to use realtime communications based on SIP.

The Firewall 1600 and SIParator 60 can be upgraded with a crypto accelerator, which makes the VPN even faster and relieves some pressure on the processor. The products are managed by the network security administrator via a graphical html-based user interface. Ingate Firewalls and SIParators include an encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN) termination module. In addition, both products have a new, easy-to-read display that communicates the status of the unit.

"The Firewall 1600 and SIParator 60 offer customers unique solutions for bringing SIP-based VoIP, IM, presence, and a host of realtime person-to-person IP communications to large-capacity enterprises," said Olle Westerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Ingate Systems. "These products deliver IP PBX functionality, support for Microsoft Office LCS 2005 and SIP-enabling technology, combined with the very best in network security"

Ingate Firewall 1600

Included with the 1600 are 10 SIP user licenses that can be used for the registration of SIP user agents, such as phones and soft clients, on the SIP registrar. Five SIP traversal licenses also come standard, allowing up to five calls to traverse the Firewall at the same time. Additional SIP user licenses and SIP traversal licenses can be purchased at any time.

Like all Ingate Firewalls, the 1600 boasts the company's proven security technology, offering IP PBXs a secure solution for VoIP, not only within the company, but also globally. The full SIP proxy inspects the SIP packets before sending them on. TLS encryption ensures privacy when communicating, making eavesdropping, call hijacking and call spoofing harder to do.

All Ingate Firewalls are fully featured, supporting stateful inspection and packet filtering. In addition to full support of SIP, Ingate Firewalls have a proxy for all standard protocols, including TCP, UDP, FTP, and DHCP.

Ingate SIParator 60

Included with the SIParator 60 are 50 SIP user licenses that can be used for the registration of SIP user agents, such as soft phones and soft clients, on the SIP registrar. Twenty-five SIP traversal licenses also come standard, allowing up to 25 calls to traverse the firewall attached to the SIParator at the same time. Additional SIP user licenses and SIP traversal licenses can be purchased at any time. The SIParator 60 can be configured as a part of the DMZ or in a standalone mode. In both cases, the benefits of SIP-based communications can be added to the network simply and easily.

Full Support for IP PBX Systems and Microsoft LCS 2005

The 1600 and 60 are an ideal compliment to an IP PBX system. Like all Ingate products, the 1600 and 60 support advanced IP PBX functions such as call transfer, call hold and voicemail. They also boast full support and compatibility for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005, allowing voice, video, IM and presence applications to work outside the LAN.

About Ingate® Systems

A world leader in next generation firewall technology, Ingate® Systems produces and sells the world.s only fully SIP-capable enterprise firewalls and the Ingate SIParator®, a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications and winner of Internet Telephony magazine.s Product of the Year Award in 2002 and again in 2003. Ingate Firewalls solve the NAT traversal issues inherent in using SIP, and address the growing need for SIP-capable firewalls among enterprise users. Ingate Systems has a long history of developing secure communications technology and today offers enterprises unprecedented value and ability to develop SIP-based, person-to-person real-time communications. Ingate's security products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Ingate's principal shareholders are Intertex Data AB and Bell Net Corp. Ingate Systems AB is located in Stockholm and Linköping, Sweden. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.

For more information, please contact:

Johan Terve, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Ingate Systems AB
+46-70 202 53 00
johan@ingate.com

Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
hillary@ingate.com