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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (16264)	9/6/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: IceShark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Congrats to whomever writes those releases. A former Slick Willy speech writer in charge of Bimbo ejaculations. (Can I type that here without Jill canning me?) They should have kept that speech writer around because the new crew isn't cutting the mustard. -g- Regards, IS

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (16264)	9/6/1998 3:26:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

E-Commerce History made at International Digital Signing Ceremony; Baltimore Technologies enables digital signing of USA-Ireland Communique on E-Commerce Business Wire - September 03, 1998 11:53 %BALTIMORE-TECH %CALIFORNIA %MASSACHUSETTS %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %COMED V%BW P%BW DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1998--E-Commerce history was made today when the first ever international digital signing ceremony took place as part of President Clinton's visit to Ireland. President Clinton and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern T.D. of Ireland digitally signed a communique document at a special ceremony in Dublin. The signing ceremony used digital signature system provided by Baltimore Technologies, a Dublin based company which leads the world in E-commerce security systems. Digital signatures provide a purely electronic means to sign and verify electronic documents in a highly secure manner and solve the problem of authenticating people who want to conduct secure electronic business. The event marks the first time that digital signatures have been used to sign an intergovernmental document. Instead of using paper and pens, the leaders sat at two computers and signed the document using smartcards containing Digital Certificates which are the equivalent of a "digital ID" in the world of e-commerce. The digital signing ceremony, which took place as part of the President's visit to Ireland, was also attended by the US Secretary of Commerce, Mr William M. Daley, the Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Harney T.D. and the Minister of Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke T.D. In his speech at the signing event, the Taoiseach said: "I am particularly pleased that this signing ceremony was facilitated by one of our young Irish technology companies, Baltimore Technologies whose staff are also present here today. Like a number of other Irish technology companies, Baltimore Technologies is now a global player in the electronic commerce sector." Fran Rooney, President & CEO of Baltimore Technologies commented "We are honoured to provide the technology for this historic event and we welcome President Clinton's and Taoiseach Ahern's personal commitment to the advancement of E-Commerce. Digital Certificate technology underpins security for the Internet and we welcome support from the two governments to bring about the necessary technical and legal frameworks for e-commerce to flourish." The event took place in the same week that Baltimore announced its expansion into the US market, opening offices in Boston, Massachusetts and San Mateo, California. Since being acquired by new investors in 1996, Baltimore has been transformed to become one of Europe's fastest growing technology companies. With the growing world-wide introduction of appropriate digital signature legislation, combined with Baltimore's expertise and know-how, electronic commerce is truly coming of age. In agreeing this communique, the United States and Ireland are issuing a strong statement of intent to be leading members of the world-wide electronic commerce community, a community that is increasingly powered by Baltimore Technologies. Background to Digital Signing Event -- Before the ceremony, both the Taoiseach and President were issued with personal smartcards containing a unique signing code and a Digital Certificate. These were issued by Baltimore Technologies' UniCERT Certificate Authority. -- To sign the document, each leader inserted his smartcard into a smartcard reader and entered a secret code. The document was then signed on the smartcard and a signature was attached to the communique document. -- The communique incorporating the digital signatures of both the President and Prime Minister is available on the Internet at a number of web sites (see baltimoreinc.com. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies is the leading supplier e-commerce and enterprise security systems. Its products include systems for Digital Signature and Digital Certificate systems. Its headquarters are located in the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin and it has offices throughout the world. Baltimore Technologies was founded in 1976 and is privately held. Baltimore Technologies operates the EUROTRUST Trusted Third Party (TTP) infrastructure for electronic commerce throughout Europe in conjunction with commercial and industry partners. EUROTRUST is operated on behalf of and funded by the European Commission. CONTACT: Baltimore Technologies, Dublin Carol Clavin, Tel: +353-1-605 4357 Email: carol@BaltimoreInc.com or Sean Rogers (Boston), Tel: 617/371 2933 Email: srogers@BaltimoreInc.com