RSA announces Java encryption toolkit for electronic commerce; JSAFE one of industry's first cryptographic toolkits for secure Java applets.REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1997--RSA Data Security Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Security Dynamics Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SDTI SDTI Serial Data Transport Interface SDTI Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. SDTI San Diego Trolley Inc. SDTI Serial Digital Transport Protocol ), today announced JSAFE(TM), one of the industry's first development solutions for creating security-enabled Java(TM)-based electronic commerce applications for use over the Internet. JSAFE implements RSA's core cryptographic algorithms, which are used in major application security standards such as Secure Sockets Layer (networking, security) Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. (SSL), Secure Electronic Transaction Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is a standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over insecure networks, specifically, the Internet. SET is not itself a payment system, but rather a set of security protocols and formats that enables users to employ the existing (SET), and Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME See MIME. ). With JSAFE, Java developers are able to build more secure applets that support public key cryptography An encryption method that uses a two-part key: a public key and a private key. To send an encrypted message to someone, you use the recipient's public key, which can be sent to you via regular e-mail or made available on any public Web site or venue. , enabling both privacy and authentication, which are fundamental requirements for electronic commerce. "We believe that the availability of a Java implementation of the RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. cryptographic technology will open new market segments for Java applets that require more secure communication and transactions," said Jim Bidzos, president of RSA. "Applet developers will be confident that they are getting security-enabled Java class libraries from the world's brand name for cryptography." "We are pleased about RSA's announcement of a Java-based cryptography architecture," said David Spenhoff, director of product marketing at JavaSoft, a business unit of Sun Microsystems Inc. "Java developers will be able to use JSAFE to build levels of security between two parties in both communications and financial transactions." "A big part of Java-based commerce on the Internet will require encryption, digital signatures and more secure communication," said Arthur van Hoff, CTO of Marimba Inc. "We're excited about JSAFE from RSA and believe it will offer developers a secure infrastructure for developing and deploying their applications." "Netscape is pleased that RSA has turned its considerable expertise to implementing encryption software in native Java," said Eric Greenberg, security products manager at Netscape Communications Corp. "RSA's announcement today reinforces our two companies' efforts to define platform-independent cryptography products and APIs that provide Java developers with a platform for building security-enabled intranet and extranet applications." JSAFE is designed to support RSA's core algorithms, including the RSA public key cryptosystem; the DES, DES-X, RC2, RC4 and RC5 secret key ciphers; as well as the MD-5 and SHA-1 message digest and hash algorithms used in digital signatures. JSAFE is also designed to implement certificate management and messaging standards such as ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. .1 encoding, the PKCS No. 7 message format, and X.509 certificate parsing. The JSAFE toolkit is designed to conform to Sun Microsystem's Java Development Kit (language, compiler) Java Development Kit - (JDK) A free Sun Microsystems product which provides the environment required for programming in Java. The JDK is available for a variety of platforms, but most notably Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows. http://java.sun. (JDK(TM) 1.1). Availability and Pricing RSA's new JSAFE secure Java toolkit is expected to be available in the second quarter of 1997. JSAFE will be licensed under terms consistent with other software products with additional options that will include various royalty buyouts to reflect the nature of Java applications which are often distributed for free over the network. An exportable version of the toolkit is expected to be released in the third quarter of 1997. RSA Data Security Inc. RSA Data Security Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies Inc., is the world's brand name for cryptography, with more than 80 million copies of RSA encryption and authentication technologies installed and in use worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet and World-Wide Web, CCITT See ITU. CCITT - Commite' Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique. (International consultative committee on telecommunications and Telegraphy). CCITT changed its name to ITU-T on 1 March 1993. , ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. , ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. , IEEE, and business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. The company develops and markets platform-independent developer's kits and end-user products and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. Founded in 1982 by the inventors of the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. -0- All product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective corporations. This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the planned release of RSA's JSAFE product, and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development, difficulties in coordination between RSA and Java Soft, undetected software errors or bugs, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, market acceptance of the JSAFE, changes in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Security Dynamics' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation Security Dynamics' Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-7265) filed on June 28, 1996. CONTACT: Patrick Corman Marketing & Communications Patrick Corman, 415/326-9648 Corman@cerfnet.com |
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