From: Craig Silverman <craig@zeroknowledge.com>
To: "'lwn@lwn.net'" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: [Zero-Knowledge Systems] Linux client of Freedom privacy software
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:29:18 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELEASES 
FIRST TRANCHE OF SOURCE CODE; 
PREVIEWS LINUX VERSION OF FREEDOM, 
ITS TOTAL INTERNET PRIVACY SOLUTION

Montreal -- July 24, 2000 -- Zero-Knowledge(R) Systems, 
the leading developer of privacy solutions for consumers 
and companies, will release its first source code today. 
Mike Shaver, Zero-Knowledge's Chief Software 
Officer, last week previewed the Linux client of the 
company's award-winning privacy software, 
Freedom(R) at the Ottawa Linux Symposium.

In this first source release, Zero-Knowledge will 
release the source code of the Freedom Linux 
kernel interface. Source code will be available 
for download from the Zero-Knowledge website at 
http://opensource.zeroknowledge.com/. This 
interface contains the code that allows Freedom 
to intercept all incoming and outgoing data from 
a computer and can be useful for implementing 
secure networking solutions for Linux. In 
accordance with the company's stated 
commitment to open source, additional source code to 
the Freedom client and server will be made available 
in the coming months.

"In response to the strong demand for our code 
and in accordance with our commitment to security 
through openness, we are excited to preview the 
Linux client and embark on the first step toward 
releasing the source code," said Shaver, who 
previously headed developer relations and open 
source evangelism for mozilla.org, the group 
organizing development of the open source 
Mozilla browser. "Source availability is an 
important part of any credible privacy solution, 
and by releasing source code Zero-Knowledge 
further demonstrates that Freedom is the best 
solution available."

Freedom is the first commercial product that 
empowers Internet users to fully control their 
identities and personal information on the Internet. 
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. Zero-
Knowledge provides consumers and companies 
with privacy solutions using advanced mathematics, 
cryptography and source code: the only reliable 
way to ensure privacy and security. 

In December 1999, Zero-Knowledge launched 
Freedom®, the only consumer privacy application 
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 traffic is linked to 
untraceable digital identities called "nyms" rather 
than users' true identities, and is encrypted and 
routed through the Freedom Network, a globally 
distributed network of Freedom Servers hosted 
by ISPs and independent server operators around 
the world. A US$49.95 commercial version can 
be downloaded at http://www.freedom.net. 
Journalists can visit the Zero-Knowledge 
pressroom at http://www.zeroknowledge.com/pressroom.

(Freedom® and Zero-Knowledge® are registered 
trademarks of Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. All 
other names may be trademarks of their respective 
owners.)