-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Date: Tuesday, 25-Jul-95 07:26 AM ConnectSoft Licensing Agreement with RSA Data Security Includes Revolutionary S/ MIME Technology; ConnectSoft's early BELLEVUE, WASH. (July 24) BUSINESS WIRE -July 24, 1995--ConnectSoft, Inc., provider of the most powerful, easy-to-use interfaces to digital communication and commerce, announced today it has licensed a new interoperable security technology from RSA that will provide ConnectSoft customers with added privacy and security to their daily communications. The agreement gives ConnectSoft products compliancy with the S/MIME specification (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) that ensures a customer's e-mail is read only by the designated recipient -- regardless of the e-mail platform they are using. The new security features will be included in the newest versions of ConnectSoft's E-Mail Connection(tm) and Internet Connection(tm) products that will be released this fall. "In today's networked world, security is a growing concern as we rely on e-mail for more of our day-to-day communications," said Bob Dickinson, ConnectSoft's vice president and general manager, Consumer Online Products & Services division. "Our arrangement with RSA provides encryption and authentication technologies giving our customers the most protected and secure communication available today." The S/MIME specification is based on the popular Internet MIME standard and allows a customer's S/MIME message to be composed and encrypted on one vendor's system and be successfully received and decrypted on a different one. The specification also uses the intervendor PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards), the most widely implemented commercial standard for public-key cryptography in North America. Global Security Standard - ------------------------ Encryption and authentication have been viewed as crucial enabling technologies for electronic commerce on the World Wide Web -- but encryption has been slow to come to e-mail, with most packages offering nothing at all. "ConnectSoft's early support of S/MIME demonstrates its commitment to provide customers with secure digital communication as well as its sophistication in developing future electronic commerce solutions," said Jim Bidzos, RSA president. According to RSA, a global security standard is essential for the development of a global digital economy. "If one public-key system is used everywhere for authentication, then signed digital documents can be exchanged between users in different countries using different software on different platforms," Bidzos said. "This interoperability is necessary for a true digital economy to develop." RSA Data Security is the world's "brand name" for cryptography, with more than 12 million copies of its software encryption and authentication installed and in use worldwide. RSA is part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet, CCITT, ISO, ANSI, IEEE and business and financial networks around the globe. The company develops and markets platform-independent developers kits, end user products, and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. Founded in 1982 by the inventors of the patented RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, California. ConnectSoft is a privately held company based in Bellevue, Wash. It was founded in January 1988 and operates three divisions -- Consumer Online Products and Services, Commercial Software Development Services and Commercial Network Services -- targeted at providing customers with innovative products, custom software and network services for conducting digital commerce. The Consumer Online Products division markets the company's award winning products, such as E-Mail Connection, Internet Connection and KidMail Connection. The Commercial Software Development Services division develops custom software which enables secure, digital communications, commercial transactions, and Integrated Logistics Systems for Fortune 1000 companies such as United Parcel Service (UPS). The recently formed Commercial Network Services division will provide high bandwidth, high-quality commercial Internet and TCP/IP services to large- and medium-sized companies throughout the United States. -0- E-Mail Connection and Internet Connection are registered trademarks of ConnectSoft, Inc. Other company, brand product and service names may be trademarks or registered marks of their respective holders. - --30--KS/se* CONTACT: Kaufer Miller Communications David Kaufer, Tamese Robinson or Michele Ruegg 206/450-9965 MCI Mail: 576-6983 OR ConnectSoft, Inc. 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