Press Release

Novell Certificate Server 2.0 Now Available in Open Beta

Security Solution Provides Foundation for Secure Electronic Commerce Transactions, Improves Existing Novell Directory Services Investments

Who:

Novell, Inc., the world's leading provider of directory-enabled networking software. Novell solutions give businesses total control of their private networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity.

What:

Novell, Inc. today [Sept. 29, 1999] announced the open-beta availability of Novell® Certificate Server™, the most recent addition to Novell's arsenal of security solutions based on Novell Directory Services® (NDS®). Novell Certificate Server 2.0 allows companies to protect their greatest asset -- information. With Novell Certificate Server, companies can easily manage, send and receive encrypted e-mail and transactions, securing confidential business information. This security functionality builds on Public Key Infrastructure Services (PKIS) 1.0, which was first introduced with NDS last year. Novell Certificate Server 2.0 ensures that individuals or applications are who they say they are, blocking unauthorized individuals from viewing confidential information.

As electronic commerce continues to mature, Novell will help companies build a secure infrastructure to do business over the Internet. Through its integration with NDS, Novell Certificate Server helps network professionals easily manage, control and issue multiple certificates, or "virtual fingerprints," through a single point of administration. Novell Certificate Server gives companies the ability to identify and authenticate users and protect their data with confidence. NetWare® 5 customers using GroupWise® 5.5, Microsoft Outlook* 2000/Outlook '98 or Netscape Messenger* will experience a better means of securing e-mail transactions with Novell Certificate Server 2.0.

How:

NDS customers may download the open-beta version of Novell Certificate Server 2.0 today by going to http://support.novell.com/beta/public.

For more information on Novell's security solution, please visit http://www.novell.com/info/security.

Contact:

Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom.

Novell, NetWare, GroupWise, NDS and Novell Directory Services are registered trademarks, and Novell Certificate Server is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
* All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact:
Carrie Merritt
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
Phone: (650) 858-3788
Internet: cmerritt@ccipr.com