Intel Helps Businesses Make Internet Phone Calls Through Cor

Intel Helps Businesses Make Internet Phone Calls Through Corporate Firewalls
Check Point Software, Cisco, and Trusted Information Systems to Deliver Standards-Compliant Firewall Products
SANTA CLARA, CALIF., March 6, 1997 -- Intel Corporation today announced that its work with three of the Internet industry's firewall vendors has resulted in new benefits for business PC users. Soon business users will be able to send and receive audio and video phone calls through company firewalls and over the Internet while maintaining data security of corporate computing networks. As a result of Intel's collaboration, firewall products from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Cisco Systems and Trusted Information Systems will offer this new capability in compliance with the H.323 Internet communication standard.

Intel developed a technical solution to solve the problem of getting H.323 standards-based Internet communications through firewalls. Firewalls are the software programs that restrict the flow of information between a company's network and the Internet in order to keep sensitive information private. Intel produced a technical paper to document the solution for allowing the H.323 communication standard to be supported in firewalls and then developed software to validate that solution. Intel worked with the firewall vendors to validate the H.323 standard in their upcoming products.

With this announcement, Check Point Software, Cisco and Trusted Information Systems have all stated support for the H.323 standard and that they plan to offer standard-compliant firewall products later this year. These products include:

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