For Release Sept. 20, 1996 C2Net: Sandy Sandfort +1 510-986-8770 UK Web: Dave Williams +44 0113 222 0046 C2NET AND UK WEB OFFER UNCRIPPLED SECURITY SOFTWARE TO WEB USERS IN ALL COUNTRIES LEEDS - Today, UK Web Ltd. and C2Net (Community ConneXion, Inc.) announced the worldwide availability of Stronghold security software for the World Wide Web. Stronghold is a commercial version of Apache, a powerful and popular server software package for the Internet. Stronghold uses "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL), a cryptographically strong protocol to protect credit card numbers and other sensitive information from Internet eavesdroppers. Stronghold also comes with a full range of "certificate authority" tools, documentation, easy installation, and technical support. Export versions of other Web servers, such as the Netscape Enterprise and Microsoft Internet Information Server have intentionally crippled encryption security. Stronghold uses uncompromised strong encryption world-wide. This is possible because it was written using software developed outside the US. Stronghold uses the full power of 128-bit symmetric encryption for maximum security. (Competing servers exported from the US use only 40-bit, low-level security). Stronghold is fully compatible with all secure browsers, including Netscape Navigator and Microsoft and Internet Explorer. "Stronghold is based on the most powerful Web server and the most secure Internet encryption," says Mark Cox, Stronghold product manager. "Users of Stronghold can be sure that their commercial transactions are completely private and secure." Dave Williams, Managing Director of UK Web, adds "Stronghold has already proved very popular in the US and Canada, where it has been available nearly a year. UK Web will now be selling Stronghold exclusively outside the US and Canada, giving the rest of the world the first opportunity to buy this top-rated product. We think it will be very popular." UK Web is a leading authority on the Apache web server. They are committed to information-sharing and openness. They also offers commercial support for Apache. UK Web publishes a weekly newsletter called "Apache Week" which is available free of charge on the Internet. The Apache Week Web site can be found at http://www.apacheweek.com/. "In the past year the demand for an international version of Stronghold has been steadily increasing," said Sameer Parekh, President of C2Net, "but we've never been willing to give our customers a false sense of security by shipping a defective product. We're very glad UK Web can satisfy the need for an international version of Stronghold."" International Stronghold costs 329 pounds, which includes free minor upgrades. It is free for non-commercial use by educational and not-for-profit organisations. Full server source code is provided as well as the pre-compiled server. It is available the most commonly used Unix platforms, including Linux, SunOS 4, Solaris 2, IRIX and AIX. The server is based on the popular Apache module API, which gives access to a wide range of third-party server add-on "modules", most available for free. Within the United States and Canada Stronghold is available from C2Net. (See http://stronghold.c2.net/) Full details of International Stronghold are available on the UK Web's web site, at http://stronghold.ukweb.com/. The software is available for free download and evaluation. UK Web Limited is a leading Internet services company specialising in server technology, Internet security, business solutions and effective site design. C2Net (also known as Community ConneXion, Inc.) is the leading provider of uncompromising security on the Internet. C2Net provides a wide array of Internet privacy services and powerful network security software. Portions of Stronghold were developed by the Apache Group, and were taken with permission from the Apache Server http://www.apache.org/. This product includes software developed by Ben Laurie for use in the Apache-SSL HTTP server project. This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au). Netscape Navigator and Netscape Enterprise are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Internet Information Server are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Stronghold is a trademark of Community ConneXion, Inc.