Subj: Cylink and RSA Data Security Reach Legal Settlement; Public Key Encryption Compa Date: Tue, Jan 7, 1997 7:52 AM EST From: AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1997--RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SDTI), and Cylink Corporation (NASDAQ:CYLK), today announced a comprehensive global settlement of their long-standing legal disputes. The settlement ends all outstanding litigation between Cylink and RSA. The two companies reached an amicable resolution of their disputes. As part of the settlement, Cylink granted to RSA all necessary rights to Cylink's Stanford patents, and RSA granted to Cylink a license to RSA's cryptographic software toolkits. For both parties, the settlement ends further prolongation of a legal dispute that has been costly and distracting. RSA is fulfilling the promise made to its customers to resolve the disputes with Cylink. Cylink, under its new president and chief executive, is refocusing all of its energies on providing end-to-end data security products and solutions, and has the ability to incorporate RSA or other technologies to meet customer requirements. "We are very pleased that what had so long seemed to be an intractable problem has, within the space of 10 days, now been resolved by the new management at Cylink," said James Bidzos, president of RSA. "I worked well with Fernand Sarrat while he was at IBM, and that working relationship helped us reach this agreement so swiftly. This agreement turns long-time antagonists into companies that are already exploring ways of working together constructively, to the benefit of the industry as a whole." Fernand Sarrat, president and chief executive officer of Cylink, said, "We are setting out on an aggressive new course at Cylink in which old disputes are an unnecessary distraction. RSA will be one of our strategic suppliers and we anticipate focusing totally on the needs of our customers and the enormous market opportunity before us." RSA Data Security, Inc. RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDTI), is the world's brand name for cryptography, with more than 75 million copies of RSA encryption and authentication technologies installed and in use worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet and World Wide Web, IT4, ISO, ANSI, IEEE, business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. The company develops and markets platform-independent developer's kits and end-user products and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. Founded in 1982 by the inventors of the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. Cylink Corporation Cylink Corporation (NASDAQ: CYLK) is a leading worldwide supplier of information security solutions, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of public key cryptographic hardware and software products available today. Cylink's products enable secure transmissions over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), public packet switched networks such as the Internet, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and frame relay networks. Cylink, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is also the leader in outdoor spread spectrum microwave radio communications. Cylink's customers include national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and government organizations. For more information about Cylink and its products, call the fax-on-demand number 800/735-6614, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.cylink.com. --30--mg/sf* eh CONTACT: Cylink Paula Contos Dunne, 408/523-5993 pdunne@cylink.com or Edelman Worldwide Ina McGuinness, 415/433-5381 x 213 imcguinn@edelman.com or Patrick Corman Patrick Corman, 415/326-9648 Corman@cerfnet.com ************************************************************************ * Bruce Schneier 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,002,000, * Counterpane Systems 000,000,000,000,000,000,002,000,000,002,293 * schneier@counterpane.com The last prime number...alphabetically! * (612) 823-1098 Two vigintillion, two undecillion, two * 101 E Minnehaha Pkwy trillion, two thousand, two hundred and * Minneapolis, MN 55419 ninety three. * http://www.counterpane.com ************************************************************************