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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VERISIGN SECURES ACTRA
Phillips
Publishing - May 27, 1997
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- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE NEWS via Individual Inc. --
Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign Inc. is
incorporating authentication services into Internet-based
back-office ordering services released by Sunnyvale,
Calif. based Actra. Actra, a joint venture between
Rockville, Md.-based GE Information Services and Mountain
View, Calif.-based Netscape Communications Corp.,
recently released ECXpert business-to-business ordering
system (ECN, May 19, p. 8). VeriSign is providing digital
authentication of ECXpert users through its Get-rEDI
Digital ID Center, a Web-based enrollment site. Trading
partners using ECXpert generate VeriSign Class 3 Digital
IDs, the virtual equivalent of a notary public, and
exchange public keys only once before they begin
transacting. The authentication then becomes an automated
background process, establishing ongoing verification of
the business relationship. Get-rEDI can be accessed at
http://digitalid-.verisign.com/edi.
Also, Herndon, Va.-based PSINet has joined VeriSign's
Business Partner Program and is now reselling VeriSign
Server Digital IDs to PSIWeb hosting customers wanting to
establish a secure virtual storefront. This partnership
lets PSINet offer its PSIWeb customers a one-stop shop
for Digital IDs, while addressing the growing need for
secure EC solutions. (Susan Burnip, Actra, 408/542-3181;
Ed Frankenberg, PSINet, 703/904-4100;
- Kelly Ryan, VeriSign Inc., 415/429-3424.)
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- [05-23-97 at 18:00 EDT, Copyright 1997, Phillips
Publishing, Inc.]
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