This may be of interest to members of this list or people that you may all know. If you have any questions, or know of ISPs who support privacy on the Internet, please forward this to their attention. Thanks. -Austin --------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom Partnership Program: Value-Added Service For ISPs Zero-Knowledge Systems is currently in seeking ISPs to join as "Founding Members" in the Freedom Network. Freedom is revolutionary software that provides the first complete privacy solution to Internet users, including email, web-browsing, chat, telnet and Usenet. By allowing users to create and manage multiple authenticated identities and using full-strength cryptography, Internet users can also block SPAM and manage their person information. See http://www.zks.net for full details. Being a member of the Freedom Network will allow an ISP to differentiate itself from the competition while fighting for on-line privacy. The Freedom Partnership Program has been designed to be revenue generating and cost reducing for ISPs. Freedom software is provided free of charge to all ISPs. Internal beta-testing of the Freedom network will begin in mid-December, 1998 and the "Founding Members" of the Freedom Network should be prepared to begin working with our technical staff at that time. Beta testing should last 4-8 weeks. The Freedom server software runs on a Linux or Solaris operating system and needs to run on a dedicated machine. Server participants should be able to contribute a T-1 during the beta testing period. Members will also be entitled to proceeds from the revenue sharing program (after the beta testing period). The revenue sharing program is designed to provide ISPs with 110% - 130% of bandwidth costs. Participation has its advantages. Founding Member ISPs will receive "Preferred Member" status on our web-site and software. When users of the Freedom client do a search for an ISP by telephone area code, Founding Members will be the recommended ISP in a given geographical area. All Founding Members will be listed in relevant press releases made by Zero-Knowledge Systems. Founding Members will also be guaranteed to earn 10% on all click-thru sales (web-link program) for the next two years. Participating ISPs will also get "Prominent Placement" - have their company name/logo displayed on a high-traffic area of our web-site. Distinctive buttons and banners will be given to all founding members receive to put on their web-site. Initially, the Freedom Network will be comprised of 15 Founding Member ISPs which will be located around the world. We plan to have an ISP in each of the following areas: Canada(3) - east coast, central, west coast; U.S.A.(7) - northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, west coast, silicon valley, Midwest; United Kingdom(1); Holland(1); Germany(1); Australia(1); and, the Caribbean(1). If you are interested in becoming a "Founding Member" or simply joining the Freedom Network or know of an ISP that would be interested, please contact Greg Adelstein, Director of Business Development, Zero-Knowledge Systems, greg@zks.net or 514-286-2636. -------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Austin Hill Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. President Montreal, Quebec Phone: 514.286.2636 Ext. 226 Fax: 514.286.2755 E-mail: austin@zks.net http://www.zks.net Zero Knowledge Systems Inc. - Nothing Personal PGP Fingerprints 2.6.3i = 3F 42 A2 0D AF 78 20 ED A2 BB AD BE 8B 40 5E 64 5.5.3i = 77 1E 62 21 B3 F0 EB C0 AA 6C 65 30 56 CA BA C4 94 26 EC 00 keys available at http://www.nai.com/products/security/public_keys/pub_key_default.asp _________________________________________________________________________