Partner Press Release
NET NANNY SOFTWARE INTEGRATES PATENTED BIOPASSWORD BIOMETRIC® TECHNOLOGY WITH NOVELL ACCESS AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS
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Nika Herford
Vice President, Public Affairs and Media
Net Nanny Software Inc.
Telephone: (206) 601-3616
Fax: (425) 688-3010
Email: PR@netnanny.com

Provides network managers with first software-only strong user authentication based on keystroke dynamics

Bellevue, Wash., January 18, 2002 - Net Nanny Software International Inc. (CDNX: NNS) (OTCBB: NNSWF), the leader in keystroke authentication technology, today announced a partnership with Novell, Inc. to integrate BioPassword®, its patented biometric technology, with Novell® Modular Authentication Service (NMAS™). NMAS enables the use of strong authentication methods, such as biometrics, in Novell's access and security solutions.

Net Nanny's solution will allow Novell customers to use BioPassword to enhance security to network resources by requiring users to verify their identity biometrically using their username and password combined with their typing rhythm.

"Customers running complex networks need a method to authenticate users that is more secure than user name and password alone," said Mitch Tarr, Vice President of marketing and alliances of Net Nanny Software Inc. "By combining Novell's ability to enable organizations to control access to their applications, databases, and network resources with BioPassword's unique ability to identify users by their keystroke rhythm, organizations can have both improved security and productivity levels with the same solution."

BioPassword® for NMAS will be demonstrated at the RSA Security Conference, February 19-21, 2002 in Booth #1702.

"As companies take internal business processes to the Net, security becomes paramount ¾ and strong authentication is the first line of defense for protecting sensitive corporate data," said Richard Maddox, director of Novell's access and security solutions. "Adding Net Nanny's keystroke rhythm technology to Novell's access and security solutions gives customers the option of a very strong, cost-effective authentication method that is easy to deploy and maintain."

For more information about Novell's access and security solutions, go to www.novell.com/solutions/access_security.




About Net Nanny Software International Inc.

Net Nanny Software International Inc., a publicly traded company (OTCBB: NNSWF), (CDNX: NNS) with headquarters and subsidiaries in the United States and Canada, specializes in Internet safety and computer security products for both the home and enterprise markets. The Company's award-winning Internet safety product, Net NannyÒ, and patented strong user authentication technology, BioPassword®, address the growing need to control access to mission-critical computer data and give users the freedom to choose options that match their individual needs and value system. For more information on the Company and its products, please visit www.netnanny.com, www.biopassword.com or call (425) 378-3203.



On behalf of the Board of Directors
Net Nanny Software International Inc.

"Gordon A. Ross" Chairman and CEO

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