>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Lotus-FromDomain: WEBER >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:22:26 -0700 >Subject: Zero-Knowledge -- Open Source Initiative = Responsible Privacy > > > >Hi Declan, > >I wanted to let you know that Zero-Knowledge Systems today announced that >it has >open-sourced its Freedom Linux client, the first step in its initiative to >disseminate privacy protocols and encourage pervasive privacy standards by >open >sourcing its entire Freedom network and software. > >Through its open source initiative, Zero-Knowledge is pioneering a movement >toward responsible privacy by inviting software developers and >cryptographers to >test and improve upon the Freedom code. Only by opening the math and >cryptography behind privacy tools to industry examination can >Zero-Knowledge and >other privacy companies truly prove the efficacy of their privacy solutions. >I've included the announcement below for your information. > >If you would like further information or would like to speak with a >Zero-Knowledge executive about the open source initiative, please call me at >(503) 332-0204. > >Best regards, >Kristy Cory >for Zero-Knowledge >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >503-332-0204 > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELEASES SOURCE CODE OF ITS NEW LINUX FREEDOM 2.0 > CLIENT; ANNOUNCES OPEN SOURCING OF FREEDOM PRIVACY SUITE > > --Source release demonstrates Zero-Knowledge Systems >' commitment to creating > open > standards and ubiquitous privacy technologies that benefit all Internet > users-- > > Montreal ? October 23, 2000 ? Zero-Knowledge® Systems Inc., the leading > developer of privacy solutions for consumers and companies, today > released the > source code of its next-generation Linux Freedom client. The company also > announced its commitment to open sourcing the entire award-winning Freedom® > privacy suite. > > This open source initiative demonstrates the company's commitment to > creating > open standards and ubiquitous privacy technologies that benefit all Internet > users. Using Freedom code developed by Zero-Knowledge, developers, > cryptographers and standards bodies will be able to build new open protocols > and technologies for protecting privacy. > > As the recognized privacy leader, Zero-Knowledge is fulfilling its > commitment > to deploy consumer products that are open and transparent in order to allow > anyone to verify how they perform. The release of source code provides the > software development and security communities the necessary proof that > Freedom > alone empowers consumers to trust only themselves with their data and > privacy. > > "Responsible privacy begins with privacy providers being open and > transparent > with their users. Zero-Knowledge is demonstrating its leadership by > releasing > the source code to Freedom and facilitating the creation of necessary > privacy > standards," said Mike Shaver, Chief Software Officer of Zero-Knowledge > Systems. > "We encourage other privacy companies to do the same." > > "Open source desktop users have a need for powerful privacy tools which > facilitate their use of network services. At Helix Code we are building a > world-class open source desktop environment that gives the user very > intimate > access to web services, and so privacy is especially important to our > users," > said Nat Friedman, Chief Executive Officer of Helix Code, the leading open > source desktop software and services company. "Now that Zero-Knowledge > System's > Freedom privacy suite will be open sourced and available for Linux, this > important need is finally being addressed. This is a big win for the open > source community." > > Freedom 2.0 for Windows (95/98, 2000, NT, Me) and Linux will be > available for > Internet users before Christmas 2000. The 2.0 version for Windows will > include > new features and performance enhancements requested by the Freedom user > community. A Macintosh version of Freedom is expected in 2001. Among other > accolades, Freedom was named 2000's "Most Promising Internet Newcomer" by PC > World and called "the Rolls-Royce of privacy software" by Yahoo! > Internet Life. > > The entire source code to the Linux version of the Freedom privacy suite, > released under the Mozilla Public License 1.1 and other Open Source? > licenses, > is available for download at http://opensource.zeroknowledge.com. > Zero-Knowledge will next release the source code to the Windows client > and to > the server software that powers the Freedom Network, a globally-distributed > network of servers operated by service providers and independent > operators that > route Freedom traffic. > > Freedom is the first commercial product that empowers Internet users to > fully > control their identities and personal information on the Internet without > having to trust their data to an ISP, privacy company or other third party. > Freedom transparently encrypts and reroutes Internet traffic, preventing the > accidental release of information that could compromise personal privacy > online. Users create multiple digital identities (pseudonyms, or "nyms") > that > they can associate with their Internet activities. > > About Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. > > Founded in 1997, Zero-Knowledge Systems (http://www.zeroknowledge.com) is > laying the digital infrastructure for privacy-enabled communications and > commerce between individuals, companies, governments and organizations. > Based > on its privacy infrastructure for the Internet, Zero-Knowledge creates > easy-to-use software and services that enable privacy through advanced > mathematics, cryptography and source code: the only reliable way to ensure > Internet privacy and security. > > In December 1999, Zero-Knowledge launched Freedom®, the only privacy system > that empowers Internet users to surf the Web, send email, chat and post to > newsgroups in total privacy without having to trust third parties with their > personal information. Freedom can be downloaded at http://www.freedom.net. > Journalists can visit the Zero-Knowledge pressroom at > http://www.zeroknowledge.com/media. > > (Freedom® and Zero-Knowledge® are registered trademarks of Zero-Knowledge > Systems, Inc. All other names are the property of their respective owners.) > > For more information > > Dov Smith > Director of Public Relations > 514.350.7553 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Kristy Cory > Red Whistle Communications > 503.552.3749 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >