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Byte Solutions HIGHLY recommends the WatchGuard® firewall products. They are easily configurable, stand-alone, and very reliable. The Firebox SOHO and III devices come with a 1 year subscription to WatchGuard's update service while the Vclass devices come with a 90 day subscription. This service provides you with timely security notifications as well as live system updates.

WatchGuard® Announces High-Performance Firebox® Vclass

New Appliances Feature Custom Security ASIC, Enterprise Networking Functionality, and VPN Scalability Up to 20,000 Tunnels

SEATTLE, WA - April 29, 2002 -- WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGRD), a leading provider of Internet security solutions, entered the larger and distributed enterprise Gigabit firewall market with the Firebox Vclass line of appliances.

Featuring a custom-built security ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) at its core, the Firebox Vclass includes the V100, V80, V60 and V10 appliances, which are specifically designed to address the performance and flexibility needs of a wide range of customers running large distributed networks and data center environments. These products offer a world-class performance range of 10-20,000 IPSec VPN tunnels and 75-600 Megabit firewall throughput.

"WatchGuard is executing on our vision to expand the depth and breadth of our offering," said Jean Nassar, senior vice president of marketing, WatchGuard Technologies. "With the integration of RapidStream and the roll out of an ASIC-based, high-speed family of products, we are addressing the needs of customers that require enterprise-class networking functionality and performance with a comprehensive new class of appliances. The Firebox Vclass strengthens our long-term strategy and commitment to address three fundamental security needs - depth of security, simplicity of implementation and management and vigilance against the latest threats."

The high-performance Firebox V100 is a compact, one-rack unit appliance offering two 1-Gigabit Ethernet and two high availability (HA) ports. It is ideally suited as a Firewall/VPN concentrator for large-scale, distributed enterprises, data centers and service providers. Networking features include multi-tenant capability, VLAN, Quality of Service and server load balancing. The V100 also features 600 Megabit firewall throughput, 300 Megabits per second 3DES VPN performance and up to 20,000 IPSec VPN tunnels.

Supporting up to 8,000 IPSec tunnels, the Firebox V80 has four 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports and two HA ports with 270 Megabit firewall and 150 Megabit 3DES VPN throughput. The Firebox V80 is ideal for large enterprises with large-scale VPN deployments. The Firebox V60 delivers 200 Megabit, wire-speed firewall performance, 100 Megabit 3DES VPN throughput and supports up to 400 IPSec tunnels. With 75 Megabit firewall, 20 Megabit 3DES VPN throughput and support for 10 IPSec tunnels, the V10 is an excellent match as a VPN endpoint for the Firebox V100, V80 and V60 appliances. The Firebox V10 can be licensed to support 10 or 25 users.

Consistent with WatchGuard's mission to simplify the management and deployment of security solutions, the new appliances include Vcontroller, a robust, Java-based software application that provides an added layer of security when managing and configuring site-to-site and site-to-remote VPN locations. An integrated, intuitive icon and wizard-based graphical user interface (GUI) manages firewall and VPN policies.

WatchGuard is also offering Vclass customers an optional Centralized Policy Manager (CPM) System. The WatchGuard CPM is a powerful, highly scalable network management platform. This Java-based, distributed client/server security system is designed to simplify large-scale deployment and enforcement. The WatchGuard CPM simultaneously implements centralized and global management enforcement and contains a drag-and-drop feature for deploying policies and configurations. This feature enables a network administrator to implement policies to a single appliance, group of appliances or an entire network simultaneously. In addition, centralized alarms and logging offer network administrators a global view of traffic configurations and activities.

Availability and Support
In addition to depth of solutions and simplicity of management, WatchGuard is committed to help customers remain vigilant and consistently ready for the next threat. Every Firebox Vclass product includes a renewable subscription to our innovative LiveSecurity Service which provides customers with systematic updates and security intelligence. Backed by a team of security experts, technical support representatives and trainers, LiveSecurity includes software updates, broadcasts (threat responses, virus alerts, information alerts, expert editorials and support flashes), technical support and online training. The Vclass products are also backed by a 1-year limited hardware warranty. The Firebox Vclass is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2002.

About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
WatchGuard is a leading provider of dynamic, comprehensive Internet security solutions designed to protect enterprises that use the Internet for e-business and secure communications. The Company is a pioneer in the creation of the plug-and-play Internet security appliance, the Firebox, and server security software. The Company's innovative LiveSecurity Service enables organizations and users to keep their security systems up-to-date, and its ServerLock and AppLock/Web software provide server content and application security to protect critical data and services against unauthorized or unintentional access or manipulation. For more information, please call 206-521-8340 or visit www.watchguard.com.

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Certain statements in this press release, including statements about the benefits of the integration of RapidStream and its technology, statements about the future availability of new products based on RapidStream technology and other statements about our plans, objectives, intentions, and expectations are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the risk that WatchGuard cannot successfully integrate RapidStream or its technology, the risk that new product releases will be delayed and the other risks described under "Important Factors That May Affect Our Operating Results, Our Business and Our Stock Price" in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, and in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release.

WatchGuard, RapidStream, LiveSecurity, Firebox, ServerLock, AppLock, Vcontroller and Enforcer/MUVPN are either registered trademarks or trademarks of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.