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                                        Released:  October 19, 1999 


                       TRUST IN CYBERSPACE


     Earlier this year, the National Research Council published  a study ("Trust in Cyberspace")
addressing the lack of  "trustworthiness" of  networked information systems.   The study, initiated
by a request from  the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Security
Agency, contains findings concerning the trustworthiness of  the internet, the public telephone
network, and the software that is used in networked information systems.

     At 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 27,   three of the study's authors will present and discuss 
the study's findings in the Commission's meeting room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C.   The presenters will be Dr. Fred Schneider, Committee Chair and Professor,
Cornell University; Dr. Steven M. Bellovin, Fellow - AT&T Laboratories; and Dr. Stephen T.
Kent, Chief Scientist for Information Security at BBN Corporation and Chief Technical Officer
for CyberTrust Solutions (both part of GTE Internetworking).

     For further information, contact Kent Nilsson at 202-418-0845