I hope that this gets to the interested parties in time.... The 1999 RSA Data Security Conference starts this Sunday in San Jose. New this year, you can get a free pass for the vendor exhibitions (Mon-Wed) simply by registering for one at the RSA website (www.rsa.com). The deadline for this is 14 January. It covers the exhibit halls only - not the sessions, receptions, etc (though for $75 a full member can get you a ticket for the IBM Cryptographer's Gala on Wednesday night at the New Tech Museum - past Gala's have been much more than worth the money :-) Peter Trei