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Comodo and C I Host partner for provision of cost-effective security to customers

Deal will expand C I Host product offering

Kent, UK. Comodo (10 September, 2002) - The Internet security specialists, and C I Host, the premier global web hosting company, today announced their partnership to deliver webserver security solutions and website identity assurance products to C I Host customers. The partnership will see C I Host integrate Comodo's Instant SSL Certificates and TrustLogo, Comodo's unique real-time website identity assurance products, into its wide range of hosting related products and services.

C I Host is to offer Instant SSL products, the industry's most cost-effective SSL solutions, & TrustLogo products, to its global customer base. With over 175,000 individual consumers and businesses in 179 countries worldwide, C I Host is consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostIndex.com, and Web Host Directory.

InstantSSL has experienced resounding success since its launch earlier this year. With its combination of cost effective 128 bit SSL Certificates, fast issuance without the compromise of strong validation, high browser compatibility and expert customer care uniquely positions Instant SSL in the SSL Provider market.

Other Certification Authorities charge up to 18 times more than Instant SSL for identical industry standard SSL Certificates. Web Hosts around the globe have found that such reduced prices can dramatically increase the competitiveness of their own product bundles through the Instant SSL Programmes.

"The provision of quality products, especially strong, security solutions, is essential for successful online business," states Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host, "Comodo is positioned to provide such solutions at affordable prices. C I Host's customers will benefit from the expert customer care Instant SSL will provide."

Since being launched in May 2002 over 200 web hosting companies and resellers have joined the Instant SSL partner programs.

"InstantSSL is proving to be very popular with web hosting companies," states Paul Tourret, Managing Director of Comodo Ltd, "as well as our unbeatable pricing and innovative integration methods, the fact that we work very closely with web hosts to deliver their exact requirements make our partner programmes essential for hosts with any level of requirements for security solutions. We are very pleased to welcome on board such a distinguished hosting company as C I Host and look forward to a long relationship serving their customers security needs."

About C I Host:
C I Host (www.cihost.com), is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 175,000 individual consumers and businesses in 179 countries worldwide.

C I Host creates business-class hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.

C I Host is a member of the Better Business Bureau’s On-Line Reliability Program.

C I Host is consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostIndex.com, and Web Host Directory. C I Host offers turnkey services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.

C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago and London.

All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2,000 Megabits of available bandwidth.

About Comodo: Comodo (SSL Certificate Authority ) is a leading Internet security specialist and provides next generation E-commerce Security Solutions. Through a growing range of products, services and applications developed by its dedicated research lab, Comodo provides software, hardware, secure messaging and certificate based security.

After its first year of issuing SSL Certificates, Comodo has quickly become the 2nd largest Certification Authority in the world. For product information please contact + 1.888.266.6361 or + 1.703.581.6361 or visit the Comodo Home Page at www.comodogroup.com.

"Verification is the key to establishing Trust.

Trustlogo delivers real-time Identity Assurance to your web site visitors.

Allowing your customers to verify who you are achieves a previously unavailable level of Trust"