Leading SSL VPN technology company Aventail has received certification by Kobil Systems, a German vendor of IT-security solutions. Aventail is the first Kobil partner to receive the "designed for mIDentity" certification for its products, a line of SSL VPN appliances for secure, remote access. The certificate guarantees interoperability of Aventail’s SSL VPN solution with Kobil mIDentity Basic, a smart-card based authentication system.
The combination of the Aventail SSL VPN and the Kobil mIDentity solution ensures a highly-secure connection to network resources for all remote users. Both solutions can be deployed completely clientless. Kobil mIDentity Basic contains a pre-configured Mozilla Firefox Internet browser, which sets up a highly secure, encrypted connection to the Aventail SSL VPN Web-based gateway, without any additional software installations.
Kobil Systems joins a growing base of global best-of-breed authentication technologies that interoperate with Aventail’s SSL VPN solution. Other authentication partners of Aventail include RSA Security, VeriSign, PassGo, Swivel, Thirdnetworks and Computer Systems Engineering (CSE). Aventail’s best-of-breed technology partnership program is aimed at providing customers around the world with a highly flexible solution for remote access and end point control that ensures strong interoperability and layered security.
About Aventail
Aventail is a leading SSL VPN product company and an authority on secure application access technology. Aventail delivered the first SSL VPN solution in 1997, and today, Aventail meets the secure communication needs of more than one million end users in over 75 countries. Aventail's family of SSL VPN appliances increases productivity for end users and IT professionals, while maximizing security and lowering costs. Aventail appliances are built on Aventail's proven platform, which leads the industry in End Point Control, policy management, and transparent, easy-to-use access options to the broadest range of applications. Aventail is the SSL VPN of choice among leading enterprises and service providers worldwide, such as AT&T, DuPont, IBM Global Services, MCI, Netifice, Office Depot, Sanyo, and TNT. Headquartered in Seattle , Washington , Aventail has an extensive global network of channel partners and sales support offices. For more information, go to www.aventail.com.
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