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<p>OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES "WHO'S THERE?" FIREWALL ADVISOR</p>
<p>ASHLAND, OR. -- November 27, 2000 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today<br />
announced its new "Who's There?" Firewall Advisor. Available immediately as<br />
a public beta release, "Who's There?" provides the next step in Internet<br />
security by helping users analyze and investigate the ever-increasing<br />
number of access attempts to their Macintosh. With "Who's There?" users can<br />
determine the level of risk of an "attack" detected by their personal<br />
firewall, find the name, email address and phone number of an administrator<br />
associated with the attacker's network, and even automatically draft an<br />
email to that administrator.</p>
<p>With the ever-growing number of computers connected to the Internet through<br />
"always on" connections, there has been a significant increase in the<br />
number of hackers attempting to infiltrate those machines. Personal<br />
firewalls have been developed to thwart those attempts. As the number of<br />
attempts have increased, however, users have become increasingly confused<br />
as to the degree to which they should be worried about the attempts and<br />
what they can do in response. "Who's There?" works with the user's firewall<br />
to answer those questions.</p>
<p>"Open Door pioneered the Macintosh firewall market with our DoorStop<br />
product line," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks.<br />
"But, as the rate of access attempts continues to increase, our customers<br />
need even more information than provided by their firewall's logging<br />
capabilities. We think 'Who's There?' will provide them with what they need<br />
to really understand what they should and should not be worried about, and<br />
to take action as needed."</p>
<p>"Who's There?" works with Open Door's DoorStop Personal and Server Editions<br />
and with Symantec's newly announced Norton Personal Firewall, which is<br />
based on technology licensed from Open Door. Features of "Who's There?"<br />
include:</p>
<p>- Advanced Access History window displaying all logged access attempts and<br />
including security risk level and host name of the accessor.</p>
<p>- Windows summarizing access attempts by service type and accessor IP address.</p>
<p>- Built-in information about the most common attacks and their<br />
applicability specifically to the Macintosh environment (many attacks are<br />
targeted at, and effective only against, Windows machines).</p>
<p>- Automated "Whois" lookup to determine details of the accessor's network,<br />
including administrator name, address, phone number and email.</p>
<p>- Automated drafting of an email that can be used to notify the<br />
administrator of the access attempt and provide the administrator with<br />
details that may be useful in tracking the attempt.</p>
<p>Additional information on "Who's There?" along with the free public beta<br />
release of the product is available off the "Who's There?" Web site at<br />
<a href="http://www.opendoor.com/whosthere/" title="http://www.opendoor.com/whosthere/">http://www.opendoor.com/whosthere/</a> . The final release of the product is<br />
expected in January, 2001. Pricing has not been determined.</p>
<p>Open Door Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet security<br />
solutions for the Macintosh, and the developer of Mac OS 9's TCP/IP File<br />
Sharing feature. Open Door was founded in January, 1995 by Alan<br />
Oppenheimer, an 11-year Apple veteran and co-creator of the AppleTalk<br />
network system. Open Door's mission is to provide Macintosh users with<br />
Internet solutions that are as easy-to-use and as powerful as the Macintosh<br />
itself. Open Door Networks is based in Ashland, Oregon.</p>
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