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To: robert scheb who wrote (7384)	6/29/1999 10:11:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 20297

Could this new technolgy be a threat to CKFR? Any thoughts? CustomTracks Corporation Announces 1024-bit Worldwide Encryption Export Approval and Its First Encryption Product - ZixMail(TM) DALLAS, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- CustomTracks Corporation (Nasdaq: CUST - news) today announced that it has received worldwide encryption export approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce for its new ZixIt(TM) Digital Signature and encryption technology. Under the terms of the export approval, CustomTracks may export ZixIt- enabled software using 1024-bit public key and Triple-DES encryption. Countries excluded from the approval are Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia, Sudan, and Syria. ZixMail(TM), a secure Internet-messaging system, will be the first application that uses the new ZixIt technology. ZixMail enables Internet users worldwide to send and receive encrypted and digitally signed email communications without changing their existing email addresses or their existing email systems. ZixMail features include: Allowing only intended recipients to read email messages, Protecting email messages from tampering, Identifying irrefutably the sender of an email message, Adding a Certified Time-stamp to each email message, and Compressing and encrypting email file attachments. David P. Cook, chairman and chief executive officer of CustomTracks commented, ''ZixMail will be an important addition to the fabric of the Internet. The ability to communicate securely over the Internet with anyone worldwide will now become a reality.'' Mr. Cook added, ''We expect to complete our U.S. patent filings for the ZixIt technology and the ZixMail system by tomorrow. An announcement following those filings will be made regarding the opening of an informational Web site.'' CustomTracks Corporation is the developer and owner of the ZixIt(TM) Digital Signature and encryption technology. CustomTracks is planning to release a series of products that use the ZixIt technology, including ZixMail(TM) -- a secure Internet-messaging system -- and ZixCharge(TM) -- an Internet transaction system. For further investor information about CustomTracks, visit the company's Web site at www.customtracks.com or contact investor relations at 972-702-7057.