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Technology Stocks : Entrust Technologies Inc (ENTU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Happy Harry who wrote (608)	4/3/2000 10:45:00 AM
From: Bill McEachern	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1205

Weaving the Web's security blanket Ottawa Citizen ottawacitizen.com

To: Happy Harry who wrote (608)	4/3/2000 10:37:00 PM
From: DJ Clancey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1205

<<ENTU not as bad as possible in relation to market>> Yikes!!! I see your post was early in the day, but almost off 25% today alone. That is after significant drop after the last few days. In a word, it "SUCKS". However, I am long and am just waiting for the next significant hack attack to help me out with this one. I am currently working with a company that is in their early stages of installing ENTU products. I say early stages because although we are doing a significant implementation with the products, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The problem with the types of products that ENTU delivers is that it is difficult to explain to most people (I know. I have to do it every day with management.). It is also very expensive. On the plus side for investors, it is also very necessary to help ensure secure transactions and network applications. With the roll-out now of significant sized VPN's, B-B, B-C, B-E, and all of those other buzzword methods of Internet based network business applications, security at ENTU's level is a must. The problem is that most of the world does not understand ENTU's product. They know ENTU works with security, but don't have a clue about certificates, public/private key schemes, etc. This was also true for Oracle and databases just a few years ago. The investment community generally had little clue what a relational database is. They still don't know, but finally have clue that companies must have one (many) to support this new economy and Oracle charges a lot for it. The same will be with ENTU. Most people will never understand what the products actually do. But fortunately for ENTU investors, we have something even Oracle doesn't have that will never stop selling this product. HACKERS. DJ