Rainbow and MetaTel team on highly scalable Internet multiplexer; Using Rainbow CryptoSwift, new MetaTel IP Mux delivers performance 10X better than leading vendors.

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2000-RAINBOW TECHNOLOGIES: Rainbow and MetaTel team on highly scalable Internet multiplexer; Using Rainbow CryptoSwift, new MetaTel IP Mux delivers performance 10X better than leading vendors (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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IRVINE, Calif., and WALTHAM, Mass. -- Rainbow Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNBO), a leading provider of high-performance security solutions for the Internet and eCommerce, and MetaTel, a Waltham, Mass.-based Internet communications services company, today announced a strategic relationship where Rainbow CryptoSwift eCommerce accelerator will provide cryptographic acceleration for MetaTel Internet multiplexer used to support MetaTel eDial service offering.

Rainbow CryptoSwift accelerates the public-key cryptographic functions of SSL, SET, SSH, IPSec, and other widely used security protocols. CryptoSwift provides one of the world's fastest hardware cryptographic acceleration technologies, enabling as much as 1,000 transactions per second.

CryptoSwift improves server response time for secure connections by up to 90 percent and frees the eCommerce Web Server to perform other tasks, especially during peak load and heavy traffic periods.

MetaTel eDial is a set of telephone calling services that combine the computer, the Internet and wireline and wireless telephones to help users reach people they want, when they want. The eDial service allows Internet-connected individuals and companies to initiate regular and multiparty telephone calls using a variety of Internet-based applications to make telephone dialing and telephone calls better, faster, and more reliable.

"This integrated solution provides an outstanding combination for increasing the performance of Web servers in an organization's global infrastructure while ensuring that every transaction is a secure one.

MetaTel has shown me some incredibly innovative ways to use one's phone with the Internet - applications where built-in security is an absolute must," said Shawn Abbott, chief technology officer, Rainbow Technologies.

"Yet MetaTel has also delivered the instant response and high reliability we expect when we make a phone call. This kind of performance simply would not have been possible without CryptoSwift."

"Rainbow's CryptoSwift has provided MetaTel with an important component in building its eDial service to easily support millions of concurrent SSL connections," said Jim Toga, director of engineering, MetaTel. "As our eDial service grows, we look forward to taking advantage of the greater performance advantages offered in Rainbow's products."

About MetaTel

Founded in 1999, MetaTel is an Internet service company focused on revolutionizing the speed, ease and power of telephone communications.

MetaTel eDial allows users to make contact instantly by combining the power of the Internet with the quality of ordinary phone service. These services are unique in that they cannot be provided by either the Internet or the Telephone Network alone the power is in the combination. For more information, visit www.metatel.com or www.edial.com or call 1-877-METATEL.

About Rainbow Technologies

Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading provider of security solutions for the Internet and eCommerce. Rainbow applies its core technology to a variety of Internet applications - from securing software, to the acceleration of secure communication for eCommerce and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Rainbow products include secure Web server and VPN acceleration boards; anti-piracy and Internet software distribution solutions; PKI security solutions; voice, data and satellite security systems; and USB-based authentication tokens. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and maintains offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, China, India, The Netherlands, Russia, India, and Taiwan. A network of nearly 50 authorized distributors sells Rainbow products worldwide. For more information, visit our Web site at www.rainbow.com.

CONTACT: Dan Chmielewski, Rainbow Technologies, Inc. Tel: +1 949 450 7377 e-mail: dchm@rainbow.com Mark Brandstein, MetaTel, Inc. Tel: +1 781 392 2526 e-mail: mark.brandstein@metatel.com Shay Stockdill, Strategies Tel: +1 714 957 8880 x 116 e-mail: shay@strategiesadpr.com Michael Sinert, The Weber Group Tel: +1 617 520 7036 e-mail: msinert@webergroup.com

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