Uroam

uRoam, Inc. (1999-2003) was a Canaan Partners-backed security company that built FirePass, a clientless SSL-VPN appliance for "radically simplified remote access" to enterprise applications from any browser. After merging with Filanet, uRoam was acquired by F5 Networks in July 2003 for $25 million in cash, and FirePass became F5's SSL VPN product line. The company is defunct; uroam.com now redirects to f5.com, and uRoam publishes no APIs or developer surface of its own.

Uroam is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, VPN, Remote Access, and Networking.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySecurityVPNRemote AccessNetworkingEnterpriseAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: uroam
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/uroam.png
name: Uroam
description: uRoam, Inc. (1999-2003) was a Canaan Partners-backed security company that built FirePass, a clientless SSL-VPN
  appliance for "radically simplified remote access" to enterprise applications from any browser. After merging with Filanet,
  uRoam was acquired by F5 Networks in July 2003 for $25 million in cash, and FirePass became F5's SSL VPN product line. The
  company is defunct; uroam.com now redirects to f5.com, and uRoam publishes no APIs or developer surface of its own.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uroam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status:
  state: acquired
  acquirer: f5-networks
  acquired: '2003'
  price: $25M cash
  evidence:
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F5,_Inc.
  - http://web.archive.org/web/20020930095843/http://www.uroam.com:80/
  domain: uroam.com 301-redirects to https://www.f5.com/ (registrar CSC Corporate Domains); probed 2026-07-21
  api_surface: none
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- VPN
- Remote Access
- Networking
- Enterprise
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1