Formally verified firewall
The proven firewall
Mithril enforces your network policy in FPGA logic that is mathematically verified against its specification. Only the traffic you allow gets through, and there is no software in the path to exploit.
Why now
Firewalls have become the way in
Attackers now go through the devices meant to keep them out. Mithril has no software in its traffic path to exploit, and its forwarding logic is proven against its specification.
22%
of vulnerability exploitation in Verizon's 2025 breach report targeted edge devices and VPNs, up from 3% the year before.
Infosecurity Magazine on the Verizon DBIR ↗~30%
of the incidents Sophos investigated over a year began at a firewall, router or VPN.
ITPro on the Sophos Annual Threat Report ↗48,800
Cisco firewalls were still exposed to actively exploited flaws on 29 September 2025.
BleepingComputer ↗Proof
Verified where the packets are
Every link from the specification to the bitstream on the chip is proved. Anything that is not a theorem is written down as a named assumption.
- Specification
- Protocol and security proofs
- Hardware design (RTL)
- Mapped netlist
- Bitstream on the ECP5
Each arrow is a machine-checked proof.
Egress
Nothing leaves without your grant
Every unit of data leaving your network needs a live grant from you, and every path to the internet goes through one gate, with no way around it.
Policy
Only you change policy
Only your key installs policy, versions never roll back, and what you approve on your handheld is exactly what gets installed.
Receiving
Forged packets change nothing
A packet that fails authentication produces nothing inside your network and changes no session, key or replay state.
Holds against untrusted machines inside your network and any attacker on the internet side. Only your key and handheld are trusted.
Read the full proof statementRange
From small enterprise to telecom backbone
Mithril will come in a range of sizes, from a compact unit for a small business to systems for large-scale telecom network backbones. Every size runs the same verified policy engine, so the guarantees stay the same as you scale.
Small enterprise
Offices and branches
A compact unit for a small business, a branch office or a remote site.
Large enterprise
Campus and data centre
Policy between sites, zones, racks and tenants, for organisations with many locations.
Service providers
Telecom backbone
Enforcement sized for carrier and backbone networks, with the same proof behind every decision.
Detailed specifications will follow. Tell us what you need to protect and we will match you to the right size.
Talk to us about your networkRemote access
VPN for every site and every user
Mithril ends VPN tunnels itself, from links between sites to remote access for whole teams. Staff and contractors connect straight to it and reach only what your allowlist permits.
Site to site
Link every site
Connect offices, branches and data centres over encrypted tunnels that end on Mithril, without a separate VPN appliance.
Teams
Many users at once
Give every engineer and contractor their own sign-in, with many people connected at the same time. Larger units support more people at once.
Policy
One allowlist, inside and out
Traffic leaving a tunnel is checked against the same allowlist as everything else, so a remote user reaches only the hosts and ports you named.
Protocol: WireGuard, interoperable with unmodified Linux WireGuard.
Use cases
Where it fits
The same verified policy engine works at every layer of your network, from a single branch office to the data centre backbone.
Network edge
Put a proven policy between your network and the internet, at headquarters and at every branch. Only the traffic you allow gets in or out.
Internal segmentation
Split your network into zones for users, servers and production systems, so an attacker who gets into one cannot reach the rest.
Data centre and telecom backbone
Enforce policy between racks, tenants and carrier networks, with every check running in hardware.
Remote workforce
Give staff, partners and contractors VPN access that reaches only what each of them needs, with many people connected at once.
Critical infrastructure
Protect industrial and operational networks where one wrong command can stop a plant, with checks on industrial protocols built in.
Industries
Built for the networks that cannot stop
How Mithril fits the networks of the sectors we work with, and what has gone wrong there.
Comparison
Next to a typical NGFW
Mithril is built to sit beside a next-generation firewall, not to replace it. Here is how the two divide the work.
| Aspect | Mithril | Typical NGFW |
|---|---|---|
| Where decisions are made | Verified FPGA logic | Software on a CPU, often with ASIC offload |
| Assurance | Machine-checked proof of the properties above | Testing and third-party certification |
| Policy model | Allowlist only | Allow and deny rules, plus signature-based IPS |
| TLS inspection | Does not intercept encrypted traffic, by design. Can originate outbound TLS itself (optional). | Intercepts and re-encrypts traffic, usually under a subscription. |
| Rated throughput | One figure, with every check on | Datasheets give a lower figure with inspection on |
Reserve
How reserving works
The first production run is limited to 1,000 units. The first 100 can be reserved now with no payment: up to 10 units online, or more by talking to our team.
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Reserve
Reserve up to 10 units online with no payment, while the first 100 last. For more than 10, call our team.
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Choose your size
After the beta we publish the full range, specifications and prices. Confirm the size that fits, or cancel at no cost.
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Ship
You pay only once you confirm your order.
Reserve your unit
Put a proof in front of your network
Only 1,000 units will be made in the first production run, and the first 100 can be reserved with no payment.
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