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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

For Further Information, Please Contact:

Alex Valentine						    
Director of Product Management				 
NobleNet, Inc.						 
Voice: (508) 460-8222				 
FAX: (508) 460-3456					 
e-mail: alexv@noblenet.com			 
		 
NobleNet Secure(TM) Provides Client/Server Application Security
New Product Features Patented "Snap-in" Security Module Architecture


Boston,  January 21, 1997 -- NobleNet announces the availability of its
initial entry into the market for securing applications that pass data over
networks. Based on industry standards, NobleNet Secure is a highly flexible,
modular approach to building secure client/server systems. Using a patented
"snap-in" architecture, developers can implement pre-packaged security
algorithms or integrate security modules of their choice, including custom
algorithms for authentication, privacy, and integrity.

Built with an open set of software interfaces, the domestic version of
NobleNet Secure includes DES, RIVC4, XOR, MD5 and SHA modules. Application
Programming Interfaces(APIs) allow for the integration of custom encryption
algorithms, hardware-based smart cards, and both public and private key
authentication. 

NobleNet Secure is a key element of the Optix(TM) document management system
developed and marketed by Blueridge Technologies. "For our cross-platform,
Internet architecture we needed a state-of-the-art security model and
NobleNet Secure was the right solution," said Keith Ellis, Vice President of
Sales and Marketing for Blueridge.  

A major design goal of NobleNet Secure is to provide a general purpose
interface that accommodates any encryption method, and to do it in a way
that minimizes the performance impact on the application. Higher levels of
security typically impose application performance penalties.  Solving
performance problems with specialized hardware or higher powered computers
can be an expensive solution.

NobleNet's approach to security recognizes that not all application data
requires encryption. Unlike most other implementations, NobleNet Secure
allows security to be turned on or off on a per-call basis allowing
developers to optimize the balance between security and performance.  With
NobleNet Secure, only those calls that require security are encrypted,
leaving all other data to pass over the network without performance penalty.
Being selective at the call coding level provides the developer an
opportunity to construct secure applications that might not be possible with
other approaches.

"NobleNet Secure is ideal for programmers that want to get a quick immersion
into secure client/server computing with software that requires very little
effort to learn," said Mark Wedge, one of the principal programmers on
Business Travel Solutions (BTS), SABRE Decision Technologies' (SM) new high
performance on-line corporate travel booking and management project. The
SABRE Group is now an independent company with its majority stock holder
being AMR Corporation. "The software has a wealth of real-world capability
that provides the developer with thorough control of just what is secured
and what is passed without encryption. NobleNet Secure's flexibility saves
development time and results in higher performing secure applications."

NobleNet Secure works with any industry-standard Open Network Computing
(ONC) implementation including NobleNet's recently announced RPC 3.0, the
world's most advanced RPC environment.  NobleNet Secure is currently
available on Windows 3.1, 95, and NT, and on most popular UNIX platforms.
Pricing is $2500 per platform which includes five end-user seats for
application deployment. Additional deployment seats sell in 10, 100, and
1000 unit packages. For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) desiring to
integrate the software within their own product, NobleNet offers a
percentage royalty pricing arrangement.  

NobleNet offers client/server middleware for procedural and object
paradigms. Incorporated in 1991, NobleNet is the world leader in Remote
Procedure Call (RPC) technology and has won numerous awards for its product
family. The company headquarters in Southboro, Massachusetts can be reached
by telephone at (508) 460-8222 or at http://www.noblenet.com/.

Optix(TM)  is a trademark of Blueridge Technologies, Flint Hill, VA
http://www.blueridge.com.
SABRE Decision Technologies(SM) is a service marks of SABRE Group Holding,
Inc., Southlake, TX  http://www.sabre.com.