   Business Wire, August 15, 1996

   Motorola and Certicom sign joint technology agreement;
   Certicom's High Efficiency Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem to
   be applied to Motorola's Wireless products based on
   Motorola's FLEX family of paging protocols


   Toronto -- Certicom Corp. and Motorola Inc. jointly
   announced today that they have signed an agreement to apply
   Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC) technology to
   Motorola's family of wireless products.

   The initial focus of the cooperative effort will be to
   investigate the enhancement of the existing security of
   Motorola's FLEX(tm) family of paging protocols. The
   wide-ranging agreement includes the development of ECC
   implementation techniques and integrated circuit
   architectures.

   The alliance between Certicom and Motorola is in response
   to market demand for wireless communications products that
   better combat fraud and unauthorized interception.

   "This project is a major milestone in the deployment of ECC
   into the emerging wireless industry and we are excited to
   be working with the market leader," said Gary Hughes,
   President and CEO of Certicom. "This alliance will ensure
   that ECC plays a central role in the growing wireless
   infrastructure market."

   "ECC has the potential to become an essential component of
   our wireless product portfolio in the future, and will give
   us a leadership position in the area of security," said
   Walt Davis, Senior Vice President of the Technical Staff in
   Motorola's Messaging Systems Products Group. "Motorola has
   been working with Certicom over the past two years, and we
   are pleased to broaden our relationship with them."

   Dr. Scott Vanstone, Certicom's Chief Cryptographer, added,
   "Certicom is currently completing an ECC software toolkit
   and this project will eventually enable Certicom to add a
   critical integrated circuit component to our portfolio of
   core technology."

   Digital information security comprises a variety of
   technologies to prevent the unauthorized disclosure,
   alteration or removal of information; to control access to
   information moving across networks; and to verify the
   integrity of electronic files and user identity. These
   technologies require encryption and digital signatures
   based on public-key cryptography.

   The Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem is the world's most
   efficient public-key system, providing the highest
   strength-per-bit of any known public-key system and
   minimizing the requirement for large key lengths. ECC
   offers high efficiency and low overhead for encryption,
   digital signatures and key management, making it an ideal
   choice for the most demanding environments.

   The FLEX(tm) family of paging protocols, which includes
   FLEX(tm), ReFLEX(tm) and InFLEXion(tm), is the de facto
   standard for high-speed paging. It has been adopted by 70
   percent of the world's largest markets, including major
   operators in the United States, Canada, Latin America and
   Asia. The FLEX(tm) protocol has also been adopted in Japan,
   and by China's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as
   their nationwide, high-speed paging standard.

   Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of
   wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced
   electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses
   include paging and data communications, personal
   communications, cellular telephone two-way radio,
   automotive, defense and space electronics and computers.
   Motorola semiconductors power communication devices,
   computers and millions of consumer products. Motorola's
   1995 sales were $27 billion.

   Certicom is a developer of information security products
   and cryptographic technologies and is the leader in
   implementations of the Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem. The
   Company specializes in applications where the combination
   of cryptographic strength and high efficiency are critical.
   Certicom's primary markets are in wireless, smart cards,
   banking and electronic commerce over the Internet. Certicom
   shares are quoted on the Canadian Dealing Network under the
   symbol "CERT."

   Editor's Note: Visit Certicom's home page at
   www.certicom.ca. Motorola's FLEX protocol information is
   available at www.mot.com/FLEX.

   Motorola, FLEX, ReFLEX and InFLEXion are trademarks or
   registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. Certicom is a
   registered trademark of Certicom Corp.

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   Newsbytes, August 15, 1996

   UK Company Unveils E-Mail Encryption Software 

   By Sylvia Dennis

   Bournemouth, Hampshire, England -- Pow! Distribution has
   taken the wraps off PrivaSuite, an e-mail encryption
   package that works as a drop-in to many existing e-mail
   applications software.

   According to Daniel Power, a spokesperson for the company,
   the L69.95 package uses a 40-bit DES (data encryption
   standard) encryption system, the most powerful that is
   allowed for export outside of the US on an unlicensed
   basis. A demo version of the package, limited to a maximum
   file size of 30,000 bytes, is available for download at
   http://www.pow-dist.co.uk/aliroo/aliroo.html.

   Pow! Distribution is handling the UK distribution of
   PrivaSuite. In the US, the package is priced at $129,95 and
   is sold through Aliroo America, the subsidiary of Aliroo in
   Israel.

   PrivaSuite functions as a printer driver with an e-mail
   application. An e-mail package routes the message and its
   files to the printer, with PrivaSuite intercepting the
   "LPT" command string. PrivaSuite then automatically
   encrypts the outbound file(s) and sends them on their way
   transparently to the user. Inbound mail items can either be
   handled automatically or on demand, as the user requires.

   According to Power, because PrivaSuite can handle almost
   any file format, encrypting the file using the DES
   algorithm, it can also be set up to handle fax image files.
   In use, PrivaSuite is claimed to run under Windows on an
   80386-based or faster PC with at least four megabytes (MB)
   of memory and 2MB of hard disk space.

   Each document image page (8.5- by 11-inches) is split into
   around 4,000 squares of around 16 by 32 pixels each. These
   squares are then shuffled around using the DES algorithm to
   make the output encrypted image unreadable.

   The package was developed by Aliroo, an Israeli software
   house that specializes in document security products.
   Aliroo was founded in 1995 by ex-Israeli Military
   Intelligence officer Itzhak Pomerantz.

   "The features that set PrivaSuite apart are its seamless
   integration with any Windows application," Pomerantz said.
   "This means that individuals with different e-mail packages
   can send each other encrypted messages without being
   concerned by compatibility issues." He added that almost
   any PC user running Windows can now quickly encrypt any
   file, e-mail message, or fax, to ensure prying eyes do not
   intercept sensitive information.

   PrivaSuite consists of three modules: PrivaMail for e-mail
   encryption, PrivaFile for file encryption, and PrivaSoft
   for fax encryption. All the modules are claimed to share
   the same user friendly interface and the same private,
   secure, key book. PrivaSuite can be called on with a single
   mouse click or key combination, from any application, and
   be applied to any segment of any document to encrypt or
   decrypt it.

   In everyday use, PrivaMail is activated using the key
   strokes CTRL CC. Users can highlight whole documents or
   just areas of text for encryption. The key book can be
   administered by a network administrator and all key codes
   can have a clue associated with it, which Aliroo claims
   makes it unnecessary for the key code to be communicated to
   the recipient.

   PrivaFile, meanwhile, uses the same key book and can be
   used to compress files as well as just encrypting them
   using a Windows File Manager like interface.

   Last, but not least, PrivaSoft acts like a printer driver
   and intercepts the file before being sent to either a
   printer or fax driver and encrypts an area of the document,
   allowing the recipient to see the title or header details
   of the document to be faxed.

   Pow! Distribution's Web site is at
   http://www.pow-dist.co.uk.

   Pow! Distribution, 44-1202-716726, Internet e-mail
   dpowera@cix.compulink.co.uk; Aliroo America, 714-495-9491)

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