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AT&T LABS, INTERNET2 COLLABORATE ON NETWORK SECURITY

Academia, Industry, Government Join Effort To Enable Advanced Internet
Applications, E-Commerce

        SAN JOSE, CALIF. – AT&T Labs and Internet2 today announced an 
ambitious
collaboration with major universities to create new software building blocks
that will support the next wave of Internet research and education, and pave
the way for more secure e-commerce.

The collaboration will seek to deploy a “digital certificate system” called
a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that can be scaled to serve the needs of
major corporations and institutions as well as users, while eliminating the
incompatibility of today’s systems.  Initially deployed among universities,
the system will enable researchers and students to more easily access
resources such as digital libraries.  Once developed and tested, the system
could allow business customers to better control access to information and
services over the Internet, while service providers could deploy end-user
solutions that are more secure, reliable and easier to use.

AT&T Labs will fund two research facilities in the computer science and
business departments of major Interent2 universities for several years.  The
research will take advantage of a network middleware platform developed by
an AT&T Labs team located here in California's Silicon Valley.

The collaboration will be managed by a board of experts from industry,
government and academia, who will invite participation from other players in
those areas. The results could create a standard that helps improve how
security is handled on the Internet.

Middleware provides the building blocks to run applications over networks
more efficiently.  For example, it could host digital certificate systems
from different vendors so users could access multiple services such as
email, calendar and financial applications through a single logon.  Service
providers could launch offerings faster through this approach without
building each one new from the ground up, and they would be more reliable,
scalable, and secure.

 “We can’t build the digital economy on sand.  Resolving the shortcomings of
current PKI systems is crucial,” said Shane Robison, president of Internet
Technology and Development for AT&T Labs.  “We have a real opportunity to
make the Internet more scalable and secure.”

        “The higher education community is uniquely positioned to address the
issues around a cohesive personal security capability on the Internet, ”
said Ken Klingenstein, director of the Internet2 Middleware Initiative.  “We
’re bringing together a number of the pieces - seed funding, network
expertise, a pressing requirement for interoperability among disparate
groups, standards activities and the intellectual capital of higher
education - to test and deploy new services more quickly.  With our academic
traditions, we also can play a leading role in assessing the impacts of
these new security services on privacy"

About AT&T Labs
AT&T Labs, the research and development unit of AT&T, is working to create
the information services and communications network of tomorrow.  AT&T Labs
is a leader in the development of technologies and standards for audio,
speech, video and image compression; electronic commerce and digital
copyright management; search and directory services; speech processing and
coding of all sorts; network architecture, design, engineering and
operations; and other areas critical to the advancement of new
communications, Internet and broadband offerings.  For more information on
AT&T, see http://www.att.com/technology.

About Internet2(tm)
Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and
technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of
tomorrow’s Internet.  Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia,
industry and government that helped foster today’s Internet in its infancy.
For more information about Internet2, see http://www.internet.edu.

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WASHINGTON March 28, 2000  At the annual Internet2 member meeting, Juniper 
Networks Inc. today became an Internet2 Corporate Member and announced it 
will make both financial and intellectual contributions to the project. As 
a Corporate Member, Juniper will work with researchers at over 160 
universities to develop advanced Internet applications and technologies.

"Both Juniper and Internet2 are focused on advancing the state of the art 
in high performance networking" said John Jamison, Consulting Engineer at 
Juniper Networks. "Internet2 members are implementing applications and 
protocols ahead of the commercial Internet. Juniper is looking forward to 
expanding our current collaboration in these efforts."

Juniper Networks is no stranger to the Internet2 project. The Juniper M40 
Internet Backbone Router is a key component in the backbone of the vBNS, 
one of the two wide area networks that serve Internet2 members. Tom 
Pusateri, a Juniper Software Engineer whose office is on the campus on 
North Carolina State University, is currently overseeing graduate research 
efforts to build a software developer's kit for scalable single source 
multicast applications.

Juniper Networks will collaborate closely with Internet2 members and 
through the Internet2 Working Groups to build shared knowledge in current 
and emerging areas of common interest, including Quality of Service (QoS), 
IP Multicast, and IPv6. Accelerating technology development in these and 
other areas will enable the global Internet to operate more efficiently and 
more reliably.


About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of purpose-built systems that 
meet the scalability, performance, density, and compatibility requirements 
of rapidly evolving, optically enabled IP networks. The company's 
purpose-built systems provide new IP infrastructure solutions for the 
world's leading service providers. Juniper Networks  service, manufacturing 
teams, and IP engineers work closely with customers to build and support 
customer networks. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, 
California.  See:  http://www.juniper.net

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<font face="Arial, Helvetica">WASHINGTON March 28, 2000&nbsp; At the
annual Internet2 member meeting, Juniper Networks Inc. today became an
Internet2 Corporate Member and announced it will make both financial and
intellectual contributions to the project. As a Corporate Member, Juniper
will work with researchers at over 160 universities to develop advanced
Internet applications and technologies.<br>
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“Both Juniper and Internet2 are focused on advancing the state of the art
in high performance networking” said John Jamison, Consulting Engineer at
Juniper Networks. “Internet2 members are implementing applications and
protocols ahead of the commercial Internet. Juniper is looking forward to
expanding our current collaboration in these efforts.”<br>
<br>
Juniper Networks is no stranger to the Internet2 project. The Juniper M40
Internet Backbone Router is a key component in the backbone of the vBNS,
one of the two wide area networks that serve Internet2 members. Tom
Pusateri, a Juniper Software Engineer whose office is on the campus on
North Carolina State University, is currently overseeing graduate
research efforts to build a software developer’s kit for scalable single
source multicast applications.<br>
<br>
Juniper Networks will collaborate closely with Internet2 members and
through the Internet2 Working Groups to build shared knowledge in current
and emerging areas of common interest, including Quality of Service
(QoS), IP Multicast, and IPv6. Accelerating technology development in
these and other areas will enable the global Internet to operate more
efficiently and more reliably.<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">About Juniper Networks<br>
Juniper Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of purpose-built systems
that meet the scalability, performance, density, and compatibility
requirements of rapidly evolving, optically enabled IP networks. The
company's purpose-built systems provide new IP infrastructure solutions
for the world's leading service providers. Juniper Networks&nbsp;
service, manufacturing teams, and IP engineers work closely with
customers to build and support customer networks. The company is
headquartered in Mountain View, California.&nbsp; See:&nbsp;
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color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.juniper.net<br>
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