Who's There? for OS X Announcement

OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES WHO'S THERE? FIREWALL ADVISOR FOR MAC OS X

NEW YORK, NY. -- July 17, 2001 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced a Mac OS X specific version of its Who's There? Firewall Advisor. Who's There? Firewall Advisor, shipping since January for Mac OS 8 and 9, provides an important aspect of Internet security by helping users analyze, investigate and respond to access attempts to their Macintosh. Who's There? Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X is an OS X native version of the application that provides analysis and advice specific to the Mac OS X environment.

"Mac OS X's Unix base presents some interesting security challenges for Mac users," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks and co-author of the new book "Internet Security for Your Macintosh: A Guide for the Rest of Us" . "Who's There? Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X alerts users to attacks that might not have been significant under previous versions of the Mac OS, and provides them with advice and suggestions specific to Mac OS X," Oppenheimer continued.

With the ever-growing number of computers connected to the Internet through "always on" connections, there has been a significant increase in the number of hackers attempting to infiltrate those computers. Personal firewalls have been developed to thwart those attempts. As the number of attempts has risen, however, users have become increasingly confused as to the degree to which they should be concerned and what they can do in response. Who's There? Firewall Advisor works with the user's firewall to answer those questions.

Who's There? Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X works with Symantec's recently announced Norton Personal Firewall for Mac OS X, which is based on technology licensed from Open Door. Features of Who's There? Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X include:

Advanced Access History window displaying all logged access attempts and including security risk level and host name of the accessor.

Windows summarizing access attempts by service type and accessor IP address.

Built-in information about the most common attacks and their applicability specifically to the Mac OS X environment.

Automated "Whois" lookup to determine details of the accessor's network, including administrator name, address, phone number and email. Administrator's address plotted on a world map.

Automated drafting of an email that can be used to notify the administrator of the access attempt and provide the administrator with details that may be useful in tracking the attempt.

Who's There? Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X should be available directly from Open Door's Web site by the end of August. Registered users of Who's There? can request the current beta release of the product, and will be eligible for a special upgrade price. Other pricing details have not been announced. Additional information on Who's There? is available off the Who's There? Web site at http://www.opendoor.com/whosthere/.

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.