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For Immediate Release
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SmartSoft, Inc. Announces Stronghold: The Apache-SSL-US for NEXTSTEP

Cedarburg, Wisconsin - April 17, 1996 - SmartSoft, Inc. has announced
that it will distribute the NEXTSTEP version of Stronghold: The
Apache-SSL-US.  Stronghold is a high-performance encrypting webserver
put together by Community ConneXion, Inc., of Berkeley, CA. This
webserver provides commercial strength encryption that is fully
compatible with Netscape Navigator Secure Socket Layer, the software
encryption protocol behind the Netscape Commerce Server and the Netscape
Browser.

Stronghold provides a cost-effective alternative to servers providing
similar capabilities from Netscape Communications Corp. at a lower
cost, and with increased functionality such as: support for virtual
hosts (the server can support multiple certificates per server), API
Extensibility, tools for building private Certificate Authorities for
installations which need to maintain high security and confidentiality
with support for SSL-X.509 Client Authentication.

For commercial applications, VeriSign is issuing Digital IDs for a
small fee for the Apache-SSL-US web server. This provides increased
assurance to customers, since the security certificate is certified by
VeriSign.

Source code and libraries are available for building customized
versions of the server with an easy to use modular extension
API. Apache itself is the most popular webserver on the Internet.

Product Pricing and Availability

Apache-SSL-US is available now for all currently supported NEXTSTEP
platforms, within the United States and Canada.

* Licenses are $495/server (free for non-commercial users).

To purchase Stronghold for NEXTSTEP or for more information on
Stronghold for NEXTSTEP, please contact SmartSoft, at 414/376-4590 or
by email: Info@SmartSoft.COM. For more information about Stronghold for
other platforms see the website at http://apachessl.c2.net/

Portions developed by the Apache Group, taken with permission from the
Apache Server http://www.apache.org/.  This product includes software
developed by Ben Laurie for use in the Apache-SSL HTTP server project.
This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au).