Nov. 18, 1998--Cisco Systems, Inc. announced today that its CiscoAssure Policy Networking initiative will support multi-vendor Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions for security policy management. Netscape Communications Corporation joins other industry-leading vendors in support of CiscoAssure through interoperability with Cisco's Certificate Enrollment Protocol (CEP).

Through its CiscoAssure Policy Networking initiative, Cisco will provide its customers the intelligence to translate intuitive, high-level security policies into specific configurations that are implemented in Cisco network devices. By automating the execution and centralized administration of a robust, end-to-end network security solution, CiscoAssure enables customers to transparently and securely extend their business applications to remote users, customers, and partners.

Cisco has teamed with the industry's leading PKI vendors to provide robust solutions for enterprise customers and end-users. Through Cisco's Certificate Enrollment Protocol (CEP), CAs can provide certificate life cycle operations such as certificate enrollment and revocation processes, and certificate revocation list (CRL) access. CEP is currently supported by PKI solutions offered by Baltimore Technologies, Entrust Technologies, and VeriSign, and will be supported by Netscape Communications' Certificate Server(R) software.

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