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MailFrontier and Narus Bring Email Security to Carrier Network Operators

Industry Leaders to Enable Carriers to Gain Control of Spam, Phishing and Fraud

RSA CONFERENCE 2005: February 15, 2005, San Francisco, CA — MailFrontierTM, Inc., a leader in email security, and Narus®, Inc., the leading Carrier-Class IP Platform software provider, today announced a strategic alliance to provide a joint offering for carrier network operators. The two companies plan to provide a comprehensive email security option that integrates passively and non-intrusively in a carrier’s network to address the growing problems associated with spam, phishing and fraud.

Increasingly, network operators need a strategy for detecting and assessing the impact of unmanaged electronic communications on their networks. Using Narus’ Carrier-Class IP Platform and MailFrontier’s industry leading MailFrontier GatewayTM anti-spam engine, carriers can take control of email on their network. Carriers will be able to:

Detect SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 protocol flows in real time
Profile email patterns on a per-customer basis across the network
Profile email volumes as known spam, suspicious email and legitimate traffic
Profile email patterns on a peering partner basis between networks

“Narus is committed to helping carriers effectively and productively manage email over their complex networks,” said Greg Oslan, president and CEO of Narus. “We are excited to be working with MailFrontier to provide a secure and easy-to-manage solution to thwart the growing volume of unwanted email that is of increasing concern in managing network traffic and operations.”

“Email security is reaching a critical state as threats such as spam, phishing and viruses become increasingly sophisticated and effective,” added Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of MailFrontier. “By partnering with Narus, we will be able to offer global network carriers an email security solution unlike anything currently available.”

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About Narus, Inc.

Narus software solutions provide the real-time traffic insight essential to profitably manage, secure and deliver Services over IP. Today, large IP-based networks are transforming the traditional circuit-switched world of telecommunications into a dynamic, ever-changing world of IP-based services such as VoIP, IPTV and others. In order to secure, monitor, bill and provide excellent quality of service for these IP-based offerings, service providers must simultaneously capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic across all layers of the network. Only NarusInsight is capable of providing companies with the means to capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic at the speed required for carrier-class networks. With its patented technology and processes, Narus helps customers like AT&T, Korea Telecom, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, France Telecom and T-Mobile in areas of network security, traffic classification and monitoring.

About MailFrontier

MailFrontier is a leading provider of email security solutions that stop unwanted email by protecting enterprises from the growing number of dangerous and costly email threats while giving them the ability to anticipate and stop new threats as they emerge. MailFrontier offers a comprehensive defense against all known email threats, including spam, viruses, phishing, blended threats and other attacks, such as directory harvest attacks. The company has more than 900 customers, including HealthEast Care System, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Pier 1 Imports, PNM Resources, San Francisco Giants and Wyndham International. Founded in 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.

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MailFrontier and MailFrontier Gateway are trademarks of MailFrontier, Inc. Narus is a registered trademark of Narus, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Media Contact

Susannah Beckwith
Schwartz Communications
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For More Information

Deanne Phillips
MailFrontier, Inc.

T: +1 650 461 7579

Jennifer Farrior
Ogilvy Public Relations for MailFrontier

T: +1 415 677 2719