[2] Entrust and Kids Voting California Partner To Prepare Next Generation of Voters.

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PLANO, Texas & Santa Clara, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2000

ENTRUST (NASDAQ:ENTU)

Corporation and Non-Profit Promote Democratic Participation through

Community Involvement and New Technologies

Entrust Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU), a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business, today announced a relationship with Kids Voting California to prepare the next generation of voters for participation in the ever-evolving democratic process.

The unique corporate/non-profit combination provides exposure to new secure online voting technologies, supports education on democracy, and encourages corporate investment in the community.

Through the Kids Voting project, Entrust solutions help enable the security and integrity of an online voting system that is available to over 100,000 K-12 students across California. The "Virtual Vote" system allows students to securely register to vote, logon and verify their identity, access and cast their personal ballots, and review the results, all via the Internet.

"Technology is changing the dynamics of democracy, and Entrust is at the forefront of this movement," said Dennis Reynolds, director of state governmental affairs for Entrust and a former two-term state congressman. "Innovative projects, such as Kids Voting California, help us engage the community to prepare for the future."

Securing a New Channel for Democratic Participation

In the "Virtual Vote" system to be used November 1-7, 2000, digital signatures are used to identify and authen0ticate voters. Voters are assigned a unique ID via a digital signature, which is then authenticated via the Entrust/TruePass(TM) software solution. Voters are then given access to the ballot and voting process, and voting results are kept private and confidential through the implementation of the Entrust/TruePass software.

"Our relationship with Entrust helps us reach more students with a more compelling message - that our democracy is alive and that California students can be models for the next-generation voter," said Justin Trinh-Halperin, executive director of Kids Voting California. "As we work to prepare future generations to participate in democracy, Entrust helps us demonstrate that an online option is viable."

Ongoing Support for the Next Generation

California students participated in a pilot project of "Virtual Vote" in the March 2000 primary elections. The election results at that time showed that students preferred Vice President Al Gore (46%) over Governor George Bush (26%) for President, and that they agreed with stronger penalties for juvenile gang-related offenders (as did adults). However, students voted down bans on same-sex marriages (32% in favor vs. 64% of adults). Tens of thousands of students participated.

"Using new Internet technologies as part of an education on democracy helps us capture the student's imagination and shows that the process is alive," said Kathy Cook, a teacher at Saint John Vianni, a San Jose, Calif., private school participating in the Kids Voting California program. "Many young people have grown up with the Internet and expect it to be an option in anything they do."

Kids Voting California has a state-wide presence, involving students and teachers from schools in Sacramento, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan Capistrano, and San Mateo counties.

Kids Voting California

Kids Voting California is a non-profit, non-partisan effort to educate grades K-12 on the importance of democracy. The organization started locally in 1992 with a small pilot project and has since expanded countrywide, offering all public and private schools the opportunity to participate in what is fast becoming an integral part of our election process - families voting together. For additional information, please visit http://www.kidsvotingcalifornia.com.

Entrust Technologies

Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) is a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business relationships by securing and managing the transactions that constitute e-business. Through the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of trusted e-business infrastructure solutions, Entrust Technologies enables customers to secure their B2B, B2C and internal enterprise transactions and communications, as well as to manage the e-business portals through which these transactions take place. Today Entrust serves more than 1,500 customers worldwide. Entrust Technologies pioneered the public-key infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate solutions that provide security for business transactions and communications over the Internet. Entrust Technologies is based in Silicon Valley, Ottawa, Canada and Plano, Texas and has offices around the world. For additional company information please visit http://www.entrust.com.

Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the United States and other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust Technologies. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.