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Netopia 3300 Product Family Receives ICSA Labs Firewall Product Certification (8/4/2004)

Netopia's Broadband Gateways Pass ICSA's Most Stringent Criteria, Receive 4.0 Certification

Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTPA), a market leader in broadband gateways and service delivery, today announced that its 3300 series of broadband modems, routers and gateways have passed the version 4.0 testing criteria for ICSA Labs Firewall Product Certification, Residential category. The ICSA Labs' Certification Program provides assurance to the user community that certified products meet industry-accepted product security standards worldwide. The Netopia products were officially certified on March 9, 2004.

"ICSA Labs certification is further indication of our commitment to delivering products that meet the industry's strictest standards for security and quality," said Jeff Porter, vice president of product marketing for Netopia. "Certifications like ICSA let our service provider partners know that they can go to market with our products with the confidence that their subscribers are safe from security and reliability issues."

The Netopia 3300 series of broadband routers and gateways are designed for mass deployment in residential, distributed enterprise, tele-worker and small office applications. For Netopia's carrier and service provider partners, Netopia's family of broadband gateway's deliver high-speed Internet connectivity and enterprise-class security in a compact device that is easy-to-use and remotely manageable. With Netopia's 3300 family of broadband gateways, broadband service providers can deliver value-added home networking services such as firewall protection and monitoring, parental controls, VoIP and video over a cost-effective and highly scaleable device.

"Security is of the utmost concern to everyone today -- be they enterprise network or residential broadband users," continued Porter. "ICSA Labs certification sends a strong message to our home and enterprise users that, regardless of what network-level or desktop-level security may be in place, their Netopia products are airtight."

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