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McAfee buys PGP Inc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stewarts@ix.netcom.com)
Mon Dec 1 21:54:05 1997
From: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 17:53:56 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
Original-From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
http://www.pgp.com/newsroom/prel47.cgi
Network Associates (formerly known as McAfee) is buying PGP Inc.
Network Associates Acquires Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Network Associates Extends Enterprise Offerings with Leading Security Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 1, 1997
Network Associates, Inc. Nasdaq: NETA, commencing Dec. 2),
formerly McAfee Associates (Nasdaq: MCAF)
announced today that it has a signed a definitive agreement
to acquire privately-held Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. (PGP).
The PGP acquisition extends Network Associates' network security
and management software products with the leading applied
cryptographic security solutions for protecting corporate assets
and enabling secure electronic communication.
