"The threat of hackers, malicious code and compromised personal privacy is a reality for all consumers on the Internet," said Steve Cullen, senior vice president of Symantec's Consumer Products Division. "Our partnership with Open Door Networks has helped us bring our market-leading Norton Internet Security and Norton Personal Firewall products to the Macintosh platform providing the best of breed solution for keeping Macintosh customers safe while they're online."
"Open Door is incredibly pleased to be working with Symantec, a leader in both Macintosh and security solutions," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks. "With Symantec integrating DoorStop technology in their Norton Internet Security family, we can reach the widest range of Macintosh users while enabling Open Door to focus our efforts on new technology development."
Current owners of DoorStop Personal Firewall will continue to be supported by Open Door and will be able to upgrade to either Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall for a special price. Open Door will continuing selling its server security and file sharing solutions, in addition to bringing to market new products under development.
Information about Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh is available at http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/npf_mac/. Upgrades for DoorStop Personal customers can be ordered from http://www.symantecstore.com. Information about Open Door's product line is available at http://www.opendoor.com.
Open Door Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet security solutions for the Macintosh, and the developer of Mac OS 9's TCP/IP File Sharing feature. Open Door was founded in January, 1995 by Alan Oppenheimer, an 11-year Apple veteran and co-creator of the AppleTalk network system. Open Door's mission is to provide Macintosh users with Internet solutions that are as easy-to-use and as powerful as the Macintosh itself. Open Door Networks is based in Ashland, Oregon.
DoorStop and ShareWay IP are trademarks of Open Door Networks, Inc.