Press Release: IP Fabrics Adds Secure Buffered Delivery to its CALEA lawful Intercept Products

September 17, 2007

IP Fabrics Adds Secure Buffered Delivery to its CALEA lawful Intercept Products

DeepSweep™ Secure Buffered Delivery systems enable reliable surveillance data delivery

Beaverton, OR – September 11, 2007 - IP Fabrics announced a new product, and an enhancement to its existing DeepSweep network surveillance system, in support of forthcoming lawful intercept specifications soon to be published by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The new specification improves upon the manner in which intercepted data is delivered to law enforcement agencies (LEAs) by allowing surveillance systems to temporarily buffer the data, before passing it on via a highly reliable delivery mechanism. Industry specifications are important to the FCC’s Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), because Internet service providers that deploy solutions adhering to them obtain legal ‘safe harbor,’ and are protected from FCC penalties.

“IP Fabrics is the first company to announce products that support the forthcoming buffering specifications,” said Glen Myers, IP Fabrics CEO and joint author of the specifications. “Availability of these products is crucial to the law enforcement community, since they provide the necessary security and reliable delivery means that are required for criminal investigations, counter-terrorism measures, and other electronic surveillance efforts. The Department of Justice has gone so far as to file deficiency petitions against standards, such as J-STD-025B, that don’t provide reliable delivery.”

“Before the availability of products like DeepSweep Secure Buffered Delivery, intercept data was typically streamed to the LEAs using unreliable transport, such as UDP (User Datagram Protocol),” added Kevin Graves, IP Fabrics CTO. “That often resulted in key data (evidence) loss and higher transmission costs. This new IP Fabrics technology will allow agencies to securely access the intercept system, encrypt the data, and reliably transfer it to LEA collection systems using existing IP connections,” said Graves.

The new Secure Buffered Delivery technology is available in two forms, as a software upgrade to IP Fabrics’ DeepSweep surveillance system, and as a stand-alone hardware/software appliance.

Enhancement to DeepSweep

The software upgrade to the company’s existing DeepSweep for CALEA surveillance system utilizes the DeepSweep for CALEA system’s 1000GB storage subsystem to provide the temporary buffering required by the new specification. The upgrade enhances the existing IAS broadband Internet access and services intercept surveillance module. It also provides the same intuitive browser-based configuration interface to simplify the task of specifying the intercept buffering attributes such as the case access rights, and security and disk management options.

Stand-alone System

The company is also announcing a new stand-alone system, the DeepSweep Secure Buffered Delivery System. This new system works with other ATIS-1000013.2007-compliant systems to provide reliable delivery per the ATIS specification. The IAS Secure Buffered Delivery system is packaged in a 1U, rack-mount appliance, and provides up to 2200GB of buffering capability (enough to buffer more than 200 intercepts for 24 hours). The storage subsystem is configured as RAID10, enabling failed drives to be replaced with no downtime or data loss. Consistent with other members of IP Fabrics’ DeepSweep family, the system is configured via a browser-based user interface.

The ATIS specification release and availability of the DeepSweep Secure Buffered Delivery upgrade and stand alone system are planned for October 2007.

About IP Fabrics

IP Fabrics, founded in 2002 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, is venture fundedby Northwest Venture Associates, Intel Capital, Frazier Technology Ventures, and Ignition Partners. The company serves customers in various segments, including service providers, networking equipment makers, and government agencies.

Press Contact: For more information, please contact Kevin Graves, IP Fabrics’ Chief Technology Officer, phone: 503-444-2411, or email kevin.graves@ipfabrics.com.