Vyatta Releases Vyatta Core 6 Alpha

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:01am EST

  BELMONT, CA, Nov 12 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, today
announced the release of an early alpha version of Vyatta Core 6 (VC6),
the company's open source router, firewall and VPN software. Included in
the alpha release of VC6 is support for 802.11 wireless connectivity and
Netflow traffic statistics collection. The final release of VC6 is slated
for the first quarter of 2010. To download and try the software, go to
http://www.vyatta.org/downloads.

    "This alpha release is another milestone in our four year commitment to
delivering the industry's most complete open source routing and security
solution," said Dave Roberts, vice president of strategy for Vyatta. "Our
user community plays an important role in our growth and we're very
excited about the upcoming Vyatta Core 6 software. We take user input
seriously and look forward to the feedback from our community on the
addition of 802.11 support and Netflow."

    NEW FEATURES IN VC6 ALPHA

    Support for 802.11 Wireless Connectivity

    Support for the 802.11 wireless standard provides the ability to use
Vyatta in branch offices that have integrated wireless connectivity to
user machines. This eliminates the need to buy a dedicated access point
for the branch office.

    Support for Traffic Statistics Collection

    VC6 Alpha supports both Netflow versions 5 and 9 and Sflow. Netflow
generates advanced statistics related to traffic flow through the system,
enabling enterprises and service providers to manage their networks more
effectively. This information may also be used by service provider billing
systems.

    Enhancements to IPsec VPN

    Enhancements to IPsec VPN provide greater compatibility with third-party
IPsec implementations.

    Bug Fixes and Enhancements

    VC6 includes all the bug fixes and enhancements provided in Vyatta's
previous subscription-only release, code named Jenner, including:


--  Full support for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor, including optimized
    drivers and XenServer management tools
--  Firewall enhancements, including IPv6 firewall, P2P firewall, time-
    based firewall rules, rate-limiting firewall rules, address groups, and
    zone-based firewall
--  NAT enhancements, including per-rule logging
--  WAN Load Balancing enhancements, including source-based routing
--  QoS enhancements, including the addition of three new QoS algorithms
--  IPv6 enhancements, including OSPFv3
--  Over 200 bug fixes
    

    
Additional features will be included in the final subscription
edition of Vyatta 6, including URL filtering, TACACS+, and other IPv6
enhancements.

    Availability and Pricing

    The VC6 alpha is available now and can be downloaded at www.vyatta.com.

    About Vyatta

    Vyatta builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions
that provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from
proprietary vendors. Our customers are smarter, better looking, and drive
much nicer cars than purchasers of big-name products. Vyatta customers
know that Vyatta's Linux-based router, firewall and VPN software gives
them a level of control unavailable from proprietary solutions. Vyatta
customers are thought leaders who recognize the benefits of flexible
deployment options -- x86 hardware, blade servers, virtualization -- of
freedom to integrate applications of their choice, and of the economic
and performance advantages of commodity hardware and components. For more
info, visit http://www.vyatta.com.

    

Contact:
Andrew Evangelista
Eastwick Communications
650.480.4056
andrew@eastwick.com

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