VHB 2000 Stops Code Red Worm and Copycats, Helps Protect Hosts and Prevents Spread of Viruses

Business Wire,  August 1, 2001  

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RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001

Product for High-Bandwidth Networks Allows Real Time Deep Content

Searches Without Slowing Network Traffic

VHB Technologies, Inc., an emerging provider of network content-intelligent products, today announced that its VHB-2000 content-intelligent appliance can stop the Code Red Worm and copycat viruses by detecting them, eliminating them and preventing further infection of other computer systems.

The Code Red Worm, currently attacking the Internet and more than 250,000 host computers, hides inside network message packets. The worm's footprint spans over 300 bytes deep into the payload making it extremely difficult to detect using conventional content-aware products.

"Our VHB-2000 can stop viruses like the Code Red Worm in their tracks," said Garry Hemphill, CEO and founder of VHB Technologies. "The VHB-2000 is not a switch or a router, but sits transparently in-line on the high bandwidth links of the network inspecting every packet at line rates. The VHB-2000 is designed in such a way that filtering decisions can be made on both incoming and outgoing data, allowing the user to not only detect hostile code coming into the network but outgoing as well. Conventional CPU-based network security solutions are unable to perform real-time, deep packet inspections at gigabit-plus speeds." Hemphill adds, "In short, we can eliminate it before it hits the internal host, and help prevent it from spreading with very little impact to user bandwidth."

The VHB-2000, with its patent-pending VIPRE(TM) Programmable Network Processing Unit (PNPU) technology, looks 500 bytes deep into every packet and operates at up to 2.5 gigabits per second (Gbs), enabling network security experts to detect viruses and attacks like the Code Red Worm, take action to eliminate them and prevent them from spreading before they can impact the network. The VHB-2000 has the ability to extract detailed packet information from the network by performing very deep content searches without creating a bottleneck on high-bandwidth, high-speed networks. Other content-aware solutions do not search as deeply into every packet, leaving the user vulnerable to sophisticated attacks buried deep in the payload, such as with the Code Red Worm.

The VHB-2000's other unique features provide a comprehensive rule base that allows up to 380,000 32-bit rules defined for inbound and outbound traffic flows. It also provides unique Denial-of-Service filtering, the VHB Early-Warning-Detection System, IDS load-balancing, and a flexible user-definable rules base permitting administrators to write their own rules in addition to the VHB provided rule sets.

About VHB Technologies, Inc.

Based in Richardson, Texas, VHB Technologies develops and markets appliances that intelligently manage, filter and protect very high-bandwidth networks. Through advanced Programmable Network Processing Unit (PNPU) technology, VHB Technologies is moving the marketplace from simple content-awareness to robust content-intelligent solutions without compromising network performance. This breakthrough technology allows carriers, service providers and large organizations to implement advanced voice, video and data services over high-speed networks. VHB Technologies provides solutions that protect high-speed infrastructures without compromising performance.

VHB Technologies is a private company. For more information, contact VHB Technologies at 405 International Parkway, Suite 203, Richardson, Texas. Telephone 972/783-6880; fax 972/783-7296; web address www.vhbtech.com.

VHB-2000 and VHB VIPRE are trademarks of VHB Technologies, Inc.

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