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RSAS and Citrix: Thursday May 4, 8:03 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: RSA Security Inc. RSA Security Expands Licensing of its E-Security Software to Citrix Encryption Capabilities Enhance Citrix SecureICA(TM) Software BEDFORD, Mass., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS - news) today announced it has increased licensing of its BSAFE© Crypto-C and BSAFE© Crypto-J encryption software toolkits to Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS - news). Currently, Citrix relies on RSA Security technology to provide encryption capabilities for its Citrix© SecureICA(TM) Services which provides advanced, end-to-end encryption of the Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA©) data stream. ``With Citrix application server software and services, companies can quickly deploy the latest business-critical applications to users around the world,'' said Matt Dircks, director of product management for Citrix. ``RSA Security's reliable technology will play an important role as customers increase their demand for improved security over extended corporate networks and the Internet.'' Citrix SecureICA Services with 128-bit encryption was recently approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration for immediate worldwide export. ``We are extremely pleased to work with Citrix,'' said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing at RSA Security. ``We look forward to helping them as companies in growing numbers move to take advantage of the Internet to achieve their information management goals.'' About RSA BSAFE Crypto-C and RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE© Crypto-C is one of the world's best-selling cryptography engines and provides software developers with multiple algorithms for adding encryption and authentication features to applications. RSA BSAFE Crypto-C software includes modules for popular security encryption techniques, such as RSA(TM), DES, RC2©, RC4©, RC5(TM), and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), and is also designed to support digital signatures and certificates. RSA BSAFE Crypto-J is fully compliant with the Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), the industry standards for cryptography. Crypto-J also includes implementations of the government standard DES and SHA1 algorithms. Combined with Java compatibility, this means easy standards compliance for Java developers writing standard security protocols. About RSA Security Inc. RSA Security Inc., The Most Trusted Name in e-Security(TM), helps organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID© two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE© encryption and RSA Keon© digital certificate management systems. With more than a half billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than six million RSA SecurID users and almost 20 years of industry experience, RSA Security has the proven leadership and innovative technology to address the changing security needs of e-business and bring trust to the new, online economy. RSA Security can be reached at www.rsasecurity.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to increasing demand for e-security products and the growth in the number of companies taking advantage of the Internet. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development, technical difficulties, software bugs and errors, competitive pressures, changes in customer and market requirements and standards, market acceptance of new technologies, technological changes in the computer industry, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in RSA Security's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation RSA Security's Annual report on form 10-K filed on March 15, 2000. NOTE: BSAFE, Keon, RC2, RC4 and SecurID are registered trademarks, and RSA, RC5 and The Most Trusted Name in e-Security are trademarks of RSA Security Inc. Citrix©, ICA© and SecureICA(TM) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE: RSA Security Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Citrix Systems Inc (NasdaqNM:CTXS - news) RSA Security Inc (NasdaqNM:RSAS - news) Related News Categories: computers, internet, software