Hello all, Just in from InternetWeek ..... this puts a new light on certificates! >From: InternetWeek Newsletter Subject: InternetWeek Newsletter - Dec. 21: VeriSign Expands Services With Acquisitions This is your InternetWeek Newsletter for today, Tuesday, December 21, 1999. 1. Today's News * VeriSign Expands Services With Thawte, Signio Acquisitions ************************* VeriSign Expands Services With Thawte, Signio Acquisitions Internet security vendor VeriSign Inc. yesterday said it acquired privately held Thawte Consulting of South Africa, a provider of digital certificates to Web sites and software developers. In a separate announcement, VeriSign said it agreed to buy privately held Signio Inc., a provider of payment services connecting online merchants, business-to-business exchanges and financial institutions on the Internet. The acquisition allows VeriSign to expand its Internet trust services, executives said. "Establishing a consistent, globally interoperable trust infrastructure for the Internet has been our mission since day one," said Stratton Sclavos, president and chief executive of VeriSign. -- Marcia Savage, Computer Reseller News http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW19991220S0008 Cheers, Sambo P-) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If God had meant for us to be in the Army, we would have been born with green, baggy skin. {NOTE: The [random] quote above was provided via the 'fortune' program.} ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
