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Foundry Networks' IronView® Network Manager Release 2.0 Secures LAN Infrastructure With Scalable Threat Detection And Automatic Mitigation

INM Release 2.0 Powers Closed Loop Threat Mitigation Using Network-wide Traffic Monitoring and Comprehensive Threat Analysis

SAN JOSE, Calif. – (May 2, 2006) – Foundry Networks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced IronView® Network Manager Release 2.0 (INM R2.0) with the industry's most scalable, cost-effective network security solution.  INM R2.0 is the next generation of Foundry's centralized management offering, delivering a broad range of powerful features designed to configure, secure, and scale Foundry's wired, wireless, and application traffic management solutions.  To provide network-wide security, INM R2.0 leverages sFlow® traffic monitoring, embedded in Foundry switches and routers, and open source security applications and tools, such as SNORT®, to deliver highly scalable security and threat mitigation, without the cost of ancillary security sensors. 

"Security is a top concern for IT managers, but it is difficult to design scalable solutions that are easily managed and implemented at a reasonable cost," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager, enterprise business unit for Foundry Networks.  "Organizations are looking for scalable and cost-effective security solutions that can detect and prevent network attacks.  INM R2.0 enables a closed-loop security solution leveraging features embedded in Foundry products together with open source tools and security applications to build self-protecting networks. This solution can scale to protect networks of any size without the escalating costs of dedicated security appliances. Additionally, this open architecture facilitates the rapid addition of new security features and capabilities."

The basis for Foundry's closed loop security solution is the ability of Foundry's switches and routers to monitor traffic flows using embedded sFlow packet sampling.  sFlow packets, collected by the Foundry switches and routers, are sent to the INM server where the data is converted for analysis by SNORT or other open source security applications that scan for threat signatures.  In response to a positive signature match, INM will automatically send a command to the edge switch or router to throttle or disable the port on which the threat was detected.  

INM R2.0 also includes a number of features for enhanced discovery, configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and management of Foundry's wired and wireless network infrastructure products.  With these new enhancements and the closed loop security control capability, INM R2.0 delivers the scalability, security, and flexibility organizations need to cost-effectively manage their converged network resources.

INM Release 2.0 will be available in July, 2006.

About Snort
Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de facto standard for the industry.

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynet.com.

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