Bodacion Challenge: $100,000 to Any One Who Cracks Code.

Business/Technology Editors

NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas 

BARRINGTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2002

Internet Server Creators Issue Hacker Challenge at D.C. Security Conference: Cash Prize to Decoder Who Deciphers Complex Number Series

A $100,000 cash prize will be awarded to any one who can crack the encryption system used to make the Hydra Internet Server impervious to hacking. The makers of Hydra(R) -- Bodacion Technologies -- will issue this challenge today in front of more than 1000 attendees at a Web security forum in Washington, D.C.

"Our encryption system is uncrackable," said Brad Hessel, Chief Executive Officer of Bodacion Technologies. "We are so confident we are giving any takers 100,000 reasons to try."

Hessel and executives from his company will present today to attendees of the Information Assurance Technical Framework Forum (IATFF), an organization sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA). The IATFF serves to increase awareness of available security solutions and allows attendees to establish contacts with other individuals and organizations dealing with similar issues. More than 1000 representatives from U.S. government agencies and commercial industry are expected to attend today's program in person and by broadcast over the Internet.

Today's IATFF program is titled "Securing Web Servers / Web Sites," and Hessel's team will explain how Hydra's security system is based on biomorphic mathematics -- a derivative of Chaos Theory used to model the random growth of living things. Hydra uses a biomorphic algorithm to generate series of pattern-less numbers; each figure in a series is called a Bodacion(R).

Because a series of Bodacions is truly random, no two Hydra users will ever receive the same session ID, customer ID, order ID, etc., nor will any hacker be able to discern a pattern and predict the next number, even if they possess the basic mathematical formula. In addition, Hydra operates as an embedded system, which makes its operating system inaccessible and therefore unassailable by hackers.

"The combination of Bodacions and embedded systems makes Hydra impervious to hackers," said Eric Uner, one of Bodacion Technologies' founders, who is among the presenters at today's IATFF event.

Contestants in the Bodacion Challenge are issued 999 Bodacions from a series of 1000. To win the $100,000 prize, the decoder must predict correctly the Bodacion that would complete the series. Entrants agree to the terms and conditions of the contest, which include demonstrating the mathematical work used to solve the problem and obtaining permission to use the computing resources of any employer, educational or government organization.

Challengers can register for the contest at www.bodacion.com/bodacionChallenge.html.

The Hydra Internet Server officially will be available for sale next week. Bodacion Technologies will be providing live demonstrations of Hydra at the Networld+Interop in Las Vegas May 7-9.

About Bodacion Technologies

Bodacion Technologies, LLC, creates revolutionary server products for Web-intensive enterprises that are seeking secure, reliable, high-performance systems to minimize the Internet's risks and maximize its rewards. The company's flagship product, Hydra(R), combines the security of complex encryption mathematics with the reliability of embedded systems to create an invulnerable Internet server that cannot be hacked, will virtually never crash and processes at least five times faster than conventional servers. Based in Barrington, Illinois, Bodacion Technologies' serves an international clientele of government agencies, financial institutions and other e-Business enterprises. For more information, visit www.bodacion.com or contact Rick Beattie, Vice President of Business Development, at 847.842.9008.