Providing the global trust infrastructure

VeriSign, Inc. announced an agreement with Network Solutions, Inc. to identify Web sites secured by VeriSign digital certificates within Network Solutions_ new dot com directory. VeriSign_s Secure Site symbol will appear next to qualified listings within Network Solutions_ global dot com directory. VeriSign Web site certificate customers with a .com, .net, or .org domain name -- either hosts of their own sites or managed e-commerce services from an Internet service provider or Web hosting company -- will be automatically identified as secure sites within the directory. Any dot com directory customer that is not listed as a secure site can enrolled for a digital certificate through either Network Solutions, VeriSign, or VeriSign_s network of affiliates, which includes more than 1,500 ISPs and Web hosting companies. dot com directory will be launched in June and offered directly from the Network Solutions site, through major portals, and from partner Web sites such as VeriSign. To date VeriSign has issued more than 100,000 digital certificates, which act as electronic credentials to authenticate sites to visitors and to enable secure, encrypted transactions and communications using the SecureSockets Layer (SSL) protocol.