Security Company Uses Advanced Testing Equipment to Enhance Software Quality and Scalability BURLINGTON, Mass., August 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Astaro announced today that it is using advanced testing equipment from Spirent Communications to test and refine its award-winning Astaro Security Linux software for high-usage situations. Spirent, a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems, provides technology that enables Astaro to test its software by simulating an environment of 10,000 or more users. Astaro uses Spirent's equipment to test content filtering, firewall packet filtering, and VPN activities for performance, scalability and the ability of its software to run on various hardware platforms. "Astaro is at the forefront of using advanced test equipment to improve software quality, and we're thrilled to be part of this evolution," said David Hill, vice-president, EMEA, at Spirent Communications. "Our SmartBits hardware chassis provides room for various modules and software packages that allow an individual test solution to be tailor-made." "Quality and high through-put are vital for an Astaro security solution and what our customers and partners have come to value in us. Spirent has the right combination of test automation and support of protocols that we have been looking for," said Gert Hansen, chief software architect and co-founder of Astaro. "The automation of our software testing has cut test cycles by more than half, so our customers and partners receive the best of what Astaro can offer faster than ever before." Astaro Security Tests Using Spirent Spirent's SmartFlow technology tests Astaro's firewall solution to determine maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth under a variety of conditions. Astaro uses TeraVPN by Spirent to test IPSec VPN activity and to check how the solution handles encrypted data. The third test equipment, Avalanche, handles the testing of content filtering on SmartBits, which measures the throughput of Astaro Security Linux for content filtering of web and email traffic. About Spirent Communications -- http://www.spirentcom.com/ Spirent Communications is a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technology such as Internet Telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent's solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises and governments. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Spirent Communications reported 2004 revenue of $460 million and has 1,700 employees worldwide. The company is the largest business group of Spirent plc, traded on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209). Spirent Communications' sales to the United States government are made through Spirent Federal Systems. http://www.spirentfederal.com/. About Astaro -- http://www.astaro.com/ Astaro develops a complete line of network security products including the Astaro Security Gateway line of security appliances and Astaro Security Linux, a software-based solution. All Astaro products offer seven critical security applications -- firewall, VPN gateway, anti-virus, intrusion protection, spam filtering, spyware protection and content filtering -- fully integrated on a single management platform. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and with facilities in Karlsruhe, Germany. Astaro's software has won numerous industry awards, and is protecting over 20,000 networks in 60 countries, including such organizations as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Los Alamos National Labs, Stanford University and Watsco, Inc. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of 350 solutions partners who offer local support and services. Spirent, Spirent Communications and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Spirent plc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held by their respective companies. All rights reserved. DATASOURCE: Astaro CONTACT: Bill Baker, Baker Communications Group, LLC, +1-860-350-9100, ; or Thia Parodi of Spirent Communications, +1-415-402-0230, Web site: http://www.spirentcom.com/ http://www.astaro.com/

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