Catalyst Releases Scripting Editions of SocketTools

Released by: Catalyst Development Corp

Client and server-side development for Active Server Pages and PHP.

Email: cary@catalyst.com

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Update Date: 5/29/2005 11:59:36 AM

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Yucca Valley, CA, May 25, 2005 – Catalyst Development Corp (www.catalyst.com) - with over 10 years experience developing Internet components announced that Scripting and Secure Scripting Editions have been added to the SocketTools family of products. The Scripting Editions were designed specifically for client and server-side host environments like ASP and PHP.

The SocketTools Scripting Editions consist of Component Object Model (COM) libraries designed primarily for use in scripting languages such as VBScript and JScript. While the interface to the Scripting Edition components is similar to the ActiveX controls in the Visual Edition, the internal design has significant differences. The Scripting Edition components do not have the inherent overhead of ActiveX controls and they implement a threading model that makes them much more efficient to use with Active Server Pages (ASP) and similar environments.

Features of the SocketTools Scripting and/or Secure Scripting Editions:

o Standard COM based components compatible with any scripting language
o Optimized for server-side scripting in Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP
o Full support for client scripting in Internet Explorer using VBScript and JScript
o Low resource utilization and no external dependencies on third-party libraries
o A comprehensive product with 18 components for all of the major protocols
o Fully compatible with Visual Studio.NET, including Visual Basic.NET and C#
o Includes both high level and lower level interfaces for maximum flexibility
o Thread-safe implementation with full support for multithreaded applications
o Support for proxy servers, including secure proxies, using FTP and HTTP
o Support for the standard SSL and TLS security protocols with 128-bit encryption
o Enable security features with just a few lines of code
o Support for both implicit and explicit SSL and TLS connections
o Support for client certificates when required by the remote host
o Support for using certificate files as well as using the Windows certificate store
o No dependencies on third party SSL libraries
o An extensive Developer's Guide and online Technical Reference
o A professional technical support staff and extensive online support resources
o No runtime licensing fees or additional royalties

The Scripting Edition is ideal for the developer who requires the flexibility, ease of use and rapid development features of a component designed specifically for client and server-side scripting. It includes everything professional software developers need to create complex scripts and applications, enabling developers to focus on their core application technology rather than the details of how a particular protocol is implemented or understanding the specifics of Windows Sockets programming.

Catalyst provides free email support for 60 days from purchase along with an unusually informative website (www.catalyst.com). For-fee support is available also. A single developer license is $395/Standard, $695/Secure.

Media Contact
Cary Harwin, 760-228-9653, 800-776-3818, cary@catalyst.com