From: "Mudit Mittal (Abriasoft)" <muditm@abriasoft.com>
To: "'lwn@lwn.net'" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Hello from Abriasoft
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:24:45 -0800

Mudit Mittal
Marketing Manager
510 623 9726 ext 223
http://www.abriasoft.com


APACHE-BASED SECURE WEB SERVER WITH 128-BIT SSL ENCRYPTION FOR WINDOWS AND
LINUX RELEASED BY ABRIASOFT. 

FREMONT, CA - February 20th, 2001- AbriaSoft(tm), an Open Source software
solutions provider, announced today the release of its Apache powered
Lancelot server for Windows and Linux platforms. With this release,
AbriaSoft achieved another landmark by becoming the first company to launch
a commercial grade Apache-based web server solution for the Microsoft
Windows platform. 

"Lancelot provides the scalability, reliability, security and performance
that mission-critical e-commerce sites need. This makes the product a must
for any firm or individual that is planning an e-commerce site deployment,"
says Paul Afshar, Chief Executive Officer of AbriaSoft. "The product is a
strong competitor to Covalent's Raven, and RedHat's Stronghold server, and
is much more attractively priced than either of these products," he added. 

Lancelot is a secure commercial grade SSL web server with full-strength,
128-bit encryption. Support for server side scripting is provided in the
form of a Perl module, and the product supports easy scripted access to many
databases. 

Lancelot server includes mod_dav, which is an apache module that allows
developers to use distributed web authoring tools to build websites without
interfering with the work of other developers. DAV also allows for seamless
secure connections to websites, speeding up the design and implementation
process. The product includes support for Industry standard protocols such
as SSL v.2.0 and v.3.0 (through OpenSSL, an open source implementation of
Secure Sockets Layer) and Transport Layer Security v.1.0. Other important
features include support for bandwidth control and FrontPage extensions.
Lancelot server comes with extensive documentation, electronic installation
manual and a 30-day installation support for registered customers. This
product is now available at AbriaSoft's web site (www.abriasoft.com). 

About AbriaSoft 
AbriaSoft (www.abriasoft.com) is an Open Source development solutions
provider committed to furthering development of the Open Source software
community. AbriaSoft offers a full range of products and services, including
distributions, applications, support programs, consulting and corporate
training for a growing list of Open Source products that currently includes
MySQL, Apache, Perl and PHP. AbriaSoft is the first company to offer a
commercial distribution of the MySQL database.