New IBM Web Servers and Client Provide Security for Internet-Based
Commerce

Enhanced Secure Network Gateway Joins the Internet Connection Product
Family

ATLANTA, Sept. 27, 1995--The latest additions to IBM's Internet Connection
software family will enable companies to encrypt Internet transactions and
better protect internal networks with firewall software as they explore
new business opportunities on the Information Superhighway.

Today's announcements include:

* The IBM Internet Connection Secure Server for OS/2 Warp
* The Internet Connection Secure Server for AIX
* A new secure version of the Web Explorer for OS/2 Warp
* An enhanced version of the Internet Connection Secured Network
  Gateway
* An enhanced version of the Internet Connection for OS/2 Warp
* An enhanced version of the Internet Connection for Windows

"Businesses of all kinds are considering the immense opportunity the
Internet offers but are reluctant to take the plunge until they feel they
can do so in a planned, secure manner. The Internet Connection family
provides our customers with that reassurance, freeing them to explore a
whole new world of possibilities," said Lois Dimpfel, vice president,
Networking Software Products, IBM Networking Software Division.

New Secure Servers and OS/2 Warp Client

The Internet is evolving as a means for conducting electronic commerce, and
the new IBM secure servers and OS/2 Warp client are superbly positioned to
meet customer security needs. The IBM Internet Connection servers and
client support both of the emerging security technologies -- Secure
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) -- to
provide customers with maximum flexibility.

IBM's new web server software provides unmatched scalability for customers.
The OS/2 Warp version can run on cost-effective desktop systems sold in
retail outlets, while the AIX version runs on highly-scalable RISC
System/6000 platforms.

Both the IBM Internet Connection Secure Server for OS/2 Warp and the
Internet Connection Secure Server for AIX were designed to be quickly and
easily configured using any industry-standard browser. The installation
and configuration is menu-based and includes online help designed to
assist an administrator with making the correct choice.

The new version of the Internet Connection for OS/2 Warp, the first
Internet client to be included at no charge in an operating system, adds
security support to an Internet application suite that has won generous
praise in its first year of availability. OS/2 Magazine recently chose the
Internet Connection for OS/2 Warp as a winner in its editors' choice
awards.

The new Internet Connection secure servers and clients allow businesses and
their customers to conduct transactions over the 'Net knowing that the
data is protected. For example, an auto parts supplier might create a
secure web server containing its catalog, including high-quality images of
the items, on the web along with the ability to place an order. A customer
would use the Internet Connection secure client -- or an S-HTTP- or
SSL-compliant client from another vendor -- to browse the online catalog,
order a part and pay for it with an encrypted credit card number.

The Internet Connection family of client software was also enhanced last
week. The Internet Connection for OS/2 Warp, provided at no charge as part
of the Warp bonus pack, now includes table support, streaming graphics, an
integrated news function and other enhancements through HyperText Markup
Language (HTML) 3.0 extensions. These enhancements will also be available
in the secure version being announced today. The Internet Connection for
Windows was enhanced with improved performance, additional graphic
viewers, audio players and other features.

Enhanced Secured Network Gateway

A new version of IBM's Secured Network Gateway, a software product
generally known as an Internet "firewall," today joins the Internet
Connection product family. Formerly part of the NetSP product family, the
Secured Network Gateway operates on an AIX platform to protect a
corporation's internal enterprise network resources from Internet
intruders, while allowing legitimate traffic to flow through the
firewall.

The Internet Connection Secured Network Gateway offers a number of advanced
features, including: proxy server, SOCKS servers, filters and domain name
service.

Among several features added to the new version is support for AIX version
4.13, in addition to AIX version 3.25. The new operating system support
offers customers the option to run the Secured Network Gateway on PowerPC
hardware.

Another key feature of the new version is data encryption. Data can safely
flow between two firewalls across a public network. The firewall encrypts
IP data packets, creating a private "IP tunnel" from one secure internal
network to another.

The new secure IP tunnels could be used for a company with the Secured
Network Gateway installed at its various sites to safely and confidently
transmit sensitive financial data from a branch office over the Internet
to corporate headquarters. Customers could also use the new feature to
securely administer a firewall from a remote location.

Internet Connection Directions

Just as the Internet itself continues to expand phenomenally, the Internet
Connection family, now consisting of seven generally available products,
will also grow. Current product plans call for additional web clients on a
number of platforms, and web server software for OS/400, MVS and selected
non-IBM systems.

"We don't intend to just keep pace with the market; we intend to be the
pacesetter," said IBM's Dimpfel. "IBM has worldwide reach and strengths
like no other company. The IBM Global Network, robust software products,
IBM services and gateway software to link with existing business systems
using DB2 and CICS--all this means customers don't have to deal with
patching together solutions from a collection of vendors."

The Internet Connection product family is a component of IBM's imperative
to provide people and organizations with network-centric computing, a new
model that combines networking software, network services and computing
devices to facilitate computing anywhere, anytime.

IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and
manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies,
including networking systems, software, computing systems, storage devices
and microelectronics.

Pricing and Availability

The secure server software for OS/2 Warp is $2,999 for the first license
with additional licenses available for $2,699 each. The AIX secure server
software is $4,999 for the first license and $4,499 for an additional
license. The Internet Connection Secured Network Gateway is priced at
$9,999 for the first license, with additional licenses available for
$8,999.

The new secure Web Explorer for OS/2 Warp is $35 per copy and pricing on
the enhanced IBM Internet Connection for Windows has been reduced to $59.

Both secure servers and the secure Web Explorer for OS/2 Warp will be
generally available in December of this year. The new version of the
Secured Network Gateway will be available in October.
 
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