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Subject: BSDI: New caching gateway for IPX networks
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Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDI) To Deliver New BSDI GroupGate
Web Accelerating Gateway for Novell and Windows Networks

Firewalled Gateway's cacheing speeds up world wide web downloads for 
homogeneous workgroups by 10 to 150 times.

Power-Cached World Wide Web Accelerator, Protocol-Separating Firewall, and
High-Performance IPX/SPX-to-Internet Gateway Highlight New Product

Fall Internet World '96 - New York, NY (December 11, 1996) - Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. (BSDI) today announced its new BSDI GroupGate
Internet gateway and Web accelerator for Novell and Windows networks.
The new BSDI product offers protocol-separation firewall security for
corporate networks, accelerated Intranet performance for Novell and Windows 
workgroups, and full Internet access without requiring TCP/IP networking on
corporate desktops.

"We're introducing BSDI GroupGate in response to the corporate market's
requirement for reliable, fast and manageable Internet/Intranet and Web access,"
said Mark Trimue, BSDI's Vice President of Marketing.  "Our customers want
to build secure Novell and Windows networks without the perils and
complexities of TCP/IP networking on the desktop and they want web activity 
to be more responsive than typical access bandwidth often allows for.
We're providing secure Internet/Intranet and Web access for up to 250 Novell and
Windows users per each GroupGate-powered PC server for as low at $25 per seat."

BSDI's power-cached Internet accelerator caches the Group's Web, FTP, and DNS
traffic at the gateway similar to how individual workstations cache a single 
user's web travel.  The workgoup's frequently accessed Web sites are available 
at local area network speeds so that users can access important Web and Intranet
information without having to wait on the Internet for external connections. "It's
great", say's Trimue.

BSDI GroupGate is the first Internet gateway software to combine
protocol-separation firewalling, easy installation and administration, Web
address filtering, and BSDI's unique power-caching for accleratate
Intranetand Web performance.  The dedicated BSDI gateway requires no NLMs
so corporate Intranet managers are assured of easy maintenance, complete
Novell/Windows-to-Internet connectivity, and top server performance even
with inexpensive PC hardware.

BSDI GroupGate customers who wish to upgrade to a full Web, Internet or
intranet server may easily and inexpensively upgrade BSDI GroupGate to BSDI
Internet Server 3.0, which features Netscape FastTrack and Apache Web
servers, as well as E-mail, Netnews, FTP, and Fax servers.

BSDI GroupGate's WinSock DLL utilizes the SPXII protocol to enable support
for true-multithreaded 32-bit WinSock applications, such as Java applets
and Netscape Navigator, while supporting all WinSock-compliant Internet and
TCP/IP applications.  BSDI GroupGate is designed as a true plug-and-play
solution that simply plugs into any existing NetWare of Microsoft IPX
network.  No knowledge of UNIX is required, and all Internet/Intranet and
Web workstation tools run in the familiar Windows environment.

Unlike other firewall technologies that rely on filtering and packet
inspection to blocked unwanted network traffic, GroupGate utliizes an
impenetrable protocol-separating method of physically separating the
corporate network and the Internet.  GroupGate requires no IP addresses or
TCP/IP neworking on existing workstations and only one IP address is
required per gateway.  GroupGate provides X Windows support for Windows
desktops and complete NetWare-compatible file and print services.  Each
workstation is simply equipped with GroupGate's performance-optimized
WinSock DLL to communicate with the BSDI gateway using fast IPX/SPX
protocols, which improves network performance by over 50 percent compared
to TCP/IP-based networks.  No NLMs or modifications of the existing IPX/SPX
network are required.

BSDI's MaxIM Internet management and monitoring tools enables the network
administrator to control the workgroup's Internet access, easily configure
Internet gateway and power-caching services, view auditing/reporting logs
and bandwidth utlization, and automatic proxy configuration for Web browser
applications.

BSDI GroupGate works with NetWare 3.1, 3.12, or  4.1, and and Microsoft IPX
network for Windows95, Windows NT, or Windows for Workgroups.

Pricing and Availablility
BSDI GroupGate will be available in Q197 and is priced starting at USD $545
for a five-user gateway.  Additional workstation licenses are available for
10, 25, 50, 100, and 250 users.

About Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
Berkeley Software Design, Inc. is the commercial supplier of the
high-performance BSD Internet and networking system software originally
developed at the University of California, Berkeley. Internet experts
worldwide are powering the networked economy with over 25,000 deployed
servers running BSDI software engines and applications. BSDI products for
Intel-based PC platforms include the BSDI Internet Server, BSDI Internet
Gateway for Novell Networks, and BSD/OS and networking software for network
appliance developers. BSDI customers include Adobe Systems, Chase Manhattan
Bank, CompuServe, U.S. WEST, UUNET Technologies, Volvo, and leading
Internet Service Providers worldwide. BSDI is privately held and
headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Contact BSDI at 719-593-9445,
info@bsdi.com, or http://www.bsdi.com.

BSDI, BSD/OS, and the BSDI logo are registered trademarks of Berkeley
Software Design, Inc.  All other product or service names are trademarks of
their respective owners.







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