TeamF1
TeamF1, Inc., is an embedded software developer that licenses production-ready networking and security software packages for the embedded systems market. It is a privately held company headquartered in Fremont, California with a research and development center in Hyderabad, India and local sales offices in various countries. TeamF1 started providing embedded systems networking and security software solutions to the market in November 1998.
Since its inception, the company has grown organically, gradually building up its networking and security software portfolio, and today serves many customers world-wide like Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco Systems, Force10, HP, Motorola, NETGEAR, Samsung, Siemens, and Sun Microsystems just to name a few.
TeamF1 is a founding sponsor of MIT Kerberos Consortium to help target [...]-edge security technologies for the embedded market and a member of the VPN Consortium (VPNC) . TeamF1’s solutions have undergone a variety of certifications including VPNC (Basic and AES), FIPS 140-2 and other FIPS algorithm certifications, Wi-Fi certification, IPv6 certification, Windows Vista certification, ICSA certification and others.
TeamF1 has partnerships with key embedded platform providers including OS providers such as Green Hills Software, LynuxWorks, Monta Vista Software, Wind River Systems; leading processor SoC providers such as AppliedMicro, Broadcom, Cavium Networks, Marvell, Mindspeed, Netlogic Microsystems (including RMI, now a subsidiary of Netlogic); peripheral chip partners such as Atheros, Broadcom, Marvell, Metalink, Ralink; several ODMs and board design houses, and other third-party value-add software providers such as Continuous Computing and Visuality. TeamF1 is also a technology licensee and partner of Atheros Communications and a strategic Premier-Level technology partner of Wind River Systems.
Company
TeamF1’s headquarters are in Fremont, California where it was originally founded and TeamF1 continues to maintain a senior engineering team there. In 2003, TeamF1 expanded its operations by opening an R&D center in Hyderabad, India which has more than a hundred engineers that participate in various phases of TeamF1’s embedded software product development lifecycle as well as product realization services for TeamF1’s customers using TeamF1’s technologies and software platform as the building blocks. TeamF1 also has local sales representatives and resellers in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East along with its direct sales presence in North America and key technology hubs around the world.
Embedded software runs "intelligent" devices which are fast connecting with networks and the Internet. TeamF1’s embedded software enables connectivity and security for such devices, such as features for internet access, secure communications, industrial automation and control among many other applications. TeamF1's software can be found in appliances and devices ranging from set-top boxes to wireless internet appliances & high-end telco-carrier equipment. TeamF1 offers Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) with embedded networking and security software for various applications. TeamF1's products are also used in secure connectivity of not just telecom/datacom equipment, but also aerospace, medical and industrial equipment.
Products
Turnkey Embedded Networking and Security Solutions
TeamF1’s flagship “turnkey solution” offerings include the Security Gateway Solution (SGS) and the Managed Access Point Solution (MAPS). These solutions are intended to be customized solutions that TeamF1 puts together for its customers, through its technology modules that are chosen based on the OEM’s desired feature-set defining their network device. These customized turnkey solutions can be taken directly by the OEMs to production without further engineering required. Besides turnkey solutions, TeamF1 also provides additional professional services to help OEMs build their product from scratch helping them in choosing hardware specific and advanced software modules to differentiate their product portfolio. For companies electing to only license key intellectual property (IP) from TeamF1 and “roll their own” end-products, TeamF1 also supplies several embedded networking and security software modules. Product customization services are also available upon request.
TeamF1’s products support various embedded processor platforms including a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architectures (e.g. ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, X86 etc) from different silicon vendors, and operating systems (embedded Linux, VxWorks, pSOS, Green Hills INTEGRITY, Mentor (ATI) Nucleus, ThreadX etc).
TeamF1 builds its solutions on software modules that can be mixed-and-matched for building a networking device. For example, TeamF1’s IPsec module can be integrated with a router/gateway to enable capabilities of making secure IPsec tunnels. The modules are combined to form a SGS or MAPS based turnkey solutions.
Technology modules for stand-alone licensing
- Embedded Network Security software modules
- IPsec
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- Authentication Technologies modules
- Kerberos
- RADIUS
- X.509
- TACACS+
- LDAP
- Firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) modules
- High performance IPv4 and IPv6 network stack and various associated protocols such as PPP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP etc.
- Alternate Queuing discipline framework module with queuing mechanisms – CBQ, WFQ etc
- Layer-2 networking modules
- Link aggregation and LACP protocol
- Port Based Network Access module (PNAC – 802.1X)
- Spanning tree protocols (STP/RSTP/MSTP)
- Unified Threat Management module
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
- Gateway Anti-virus (GAV)
- Web Content Filtering (WCF)
- Wireless modules
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Support (EAP) module
- A secure wireless LAN Access Point module
- A secure wireless LAN client (supplicant) module
Cryptography modules
TeamF1’s technology modules and solutions are supported by a cryptographic library that has all the usual encryption algorithms needed by information security software packages. It includes support for many cryptographic ciphers (AES, Triple DES/DES, Blowfish, CAST, RC-2/4/5 etc), hashes (MD-2/4/5, SHA-1, SHA-256/392/512 etc) and public key encryption algorithms.
Certifications
FIPS 140
Products using TeamF1’s software have undergone Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140 validation and individual algorithms have undergone various specific FIPS certifications for cryptographic algorithm implementation. These certifications are issued by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to coordinate the requirements and standards of cryptographic modules for use by departments and agencies of the US federal government.
VPNC
TeamF1’s IPsec module has Virtual Private Network Consortium Basic and AES interoperability certifications.
IPv6
TeamF1’s software modules are IPv6 certified and support IP version 6 in both host and router modes and has been awarded with the IPv6 Ready logo. One of their software modules is specifically built for providing a high speed IPv6 network stack for routers and gateways.
Wi-Fi
Many OEM devices that are based on TeamF1’s wireless software modules and firmware have been Wi-Fi certified and available in the market from TeamF1’s customers.