(Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services
for the Internet and telecommunications networks , today announced that it has
been accredited by the U. The VeriSign ECA service will provide enhanced
features such as multi-year certificates, hardware tokens, key escrow and
Trusted Agent services , and will also include OCSP certificate validation
using the VeriSign Trusted Global Validation Service (TGV). in the
United States and other countries.

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Systems and Software Technology Conference (SSTC)

What: Making EA Real: Enterprise Architecture Deployment and
Governance
Presenter: Charles Stack, CEO, Flashline
When: Wednesday , April 20, 2005
4:20 p.
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information about potential factors that could affect the company's business
and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking
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Where: Salt Palace Convention Center
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Salt Lake City, UT

Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS ) Worldwide
Conference

What: Enterprise Architecture Deployment
Presenter: Charles Stack, CEO, Flashline
When: Thursday, April 28, 2005
4:00 p. By increasing visibility into how teams
are creating and using software assets, Flashline allows project and program
managers to quickly determine if they are in compliance with corporate and
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For more information on
Juniper Networks IPv6 solutions, or to download a copy of the IPv6 IQ
study, please visit: www. Stack will present on enterprise architecture deployment and
governance at the shows, covering how federal agencies can reduce complexity,
modernize systems and manage their software asset portfolios through effective
enterprise architecture.

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Department of Defense (DoD) as a supplier of
digital certificate services under the External Certificate Authority (ECA)
program, enabling individuals, organizations and contractors to securely
communicate with U.S. This Juniper Networks study is a wake up call
for the federal government. Best practices and case studies form the foundation
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, VeriSign, Inc. VeriSign also successfully completed interoperability
testing at the DoD Joint Interoperability Test Center.

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To achieve ECA accreditation, VeriSign was required to demonstrate that
its ECA Certificate Practices Statement complies with stringent ECA
certificate policies. "As the leading provider of end-to-end
IPv6-enabled solutions, Juniper Networks is committed to working with
the federal government to help ensure a smooth transition to this next
generation protocol with high levels of network assurance and
intelligence.
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VeriSign -issued ECA digital
certificates provide added layers of security to enable access to protected
government Web sites and enable security for a variety of applications
including email, remote access, and digitally -signed documents and electronic
forms. Using Flashline
analytics, senior managers can monitor the cost reduction and consolidation
benefits of key IT initiatives such as reuse, enterprise architecture ,
outsourcing, and legacy modernization.

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Charles Lynch, technical
director, Department of Defense IPv6 Transition Office, Defense
Information Systems Agency. The company's purpose-built,
high performance IP platforms enable customers to support many
different services and applications at scale.
Getting development teams to use architectural guidelines and standards, then
applying governance and measuring how EA supports agency goals are critical
factors in making EA work," states Charles Stack.

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pleased to be an approved ECA service provider and anticipate that many
federal, state and local government agencies will want to capitalize on the
extensive DoD efforts in developing the ECA program.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. Further, the
study reports that the federal government trails the private sector in
IPv6 awareness, transition planning, knowledge of regulatory
requirements and deadlines for transition, as well as understanding of
how IPv6 will help meet IT goals.

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VeriSign Achieves U .S. Department of Defense External Certificate Authority Accreditation

However, the VeriSign ECA
service is now available to a broad spectrum of users conducting business with
Federal, state and local governments, including: individuals, employees of
businesses, employees of state and local governments, and employees of foreign
governments and organizations.verisign.---- less than seven percent consider IPv6 very
important to achieving their IT goals.juniper.

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VeriSign ECA will
be the first use of TGV by primarily U.

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"By applying these best
practices, agencies can get the most out of their enterprise architecture
initiatives and quickly gain adoption, grow their programs and increase
compliance to standards.

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government agencies . The IECA service was
restricted to use by contractors, trading partners and other non-DoD entities
needing to securely communicate with the DoD. Additional news and information about the
company is available at http://www. While the study shows that
respondents place a high priority on the IT issues IPv6 will help
address, it reports low levels of interest in migrating to IPv6 with
few respondents having current plans for IPv6 migration.

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"The Department of Defense is focused on accelerating IPv6
transition as a critical infrastructure building block in enabling
net-centric defense transformation ," said Dr. The sample
composition is 63 percent federal government GS 12-15 personnel, eight
percent federal government Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel,
and 29 percent private industry personnel . Juniper Networks' portfolio of proven
networking and security solutions supports the complex scale , security
and performance requirements of the world's most demanding networks.
Flashline delivers Software Asset Portfolio Management solutions to
improve the governance of enterprise-wide IT programs .

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Juniper Networks is an industry leader with IPv6 solutions for
defense, intelligence , and civilian agencies.

Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and assured
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S.-government-relying parties.
"The VeriSign ECA service will meet the federal government's
e-Authentication requirements for levels 3 and 4 (medium and high assurance
levels) and will provide interoperability with many external entities through
the cross-certification of ECA with the Federal Bridge Certification
Authority," said George Schu, vice president, Public Sector, VeriSign. The potential risks and uncertainties include,
among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and
potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such factors as
the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new products and
services and customer acceptance of any new products or services, including
VeriSign's External Certificate Authority program, the possibility that
VeriSign's announced new services may not result in additional customers,
profits or revenues; and increased competition and pricing pressures. "Industry has a critical role to play in
delivering IPv6 solutions and in partnering with government to
increase awareness of the value of the transition to next-generation
Internet technologies.

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Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It provides critical insight in to the
current state of IPv6 knowledge and migration -- clearly agencies need
to redouble their efforts in this area and we have significant work
ahead of us. Service providers,
enterprises, governments and research and education institutions
worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products for building
networks that are tailored to the specific needs of their users,
services and applications.

Flashline CEO To Address Enterprise Architecture for the Federal Government at Upcoming Conferences

"It is simply not enough to model or design enterprise architecture. For more information
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New VeriSign ECA Service Enables Secure Transactions with Federal, State and
Local Agencies

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.
The new VeriSign(R) ECA service is an enhancement of the VeriSign(R)
Interim External Certificate Authority (IECA) service, which VeriSign has been
operating since 1999 under an agreement with the DoD.

Juniper Networks Announces Federal Government IPv6 IQ Study Results; Survey Reveals IPv6 Education and Awareness Opportunity for Government IT Decision Makers

"The federal government and the vendor community need to work
together to educate IT decision makers on the benefits of migrating to
IPv6," said Thomas Kreidler, vice president of Juniper Federal Systems
at Juniper Networks. Flashline CEO to Present at Systems and Software Technology Conference and
Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference

CLEVELAND , Flashline(R) today announced that
Founder and CEO Charles Stack will explore enterprise architecture (EA) at two
upcoming conferences for the federal government, SSTC and DoDIIS Worldwide
Conference .
Where: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Philadelphia, PA

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These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's
actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such
forward-looking statements.com .

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operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable
businesses and individuals to find, connect, secure and transact across
today's complex global networks."
The Juniper Networks Federal IPv6 IQ Study was based on a survey
of 349 federal government and industry IT decision makers.m.