Incognito Software Updates DNS Commander Software In the Wake of VeriSign Redirect Service

Latest release of Incognito’s DNS Commander counteracts VeriSign’s new SiteFinder service

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Thursday, September 25, 2003; 12:00 AM

VANCOUVER, Canada (September 24, 2003) - Incognito Software announced today that it has released an updated DNS Commander software package. The update comes in response to VeriSign's recent move to redirect Internet users searching for non-existent or misspelled domain names under the .com and .net zone to their "SiteFinder" website. VeriSign's decision to alter the IETF's common practices for returning error messages has had many adverse affects on anti-spam mechanisms, online businesses, in addition to privacy concerns. "VeriSign is not alone in this as there have been others who have long been involved in this practice as well. Incognito has always been at the forefront of developing new ways to use DNS and other protocols, like Common Name Resolution protocol, for commerce and improving user experiences," said Patricia Steadman, CEO and Co- Founder of Incognito. "In keeping with Incognito's commitment to develop standardsbased products, we believe that any divergence from Internet standards should only be adopted in ‘walled gardens', or networks that are not referenced by outside servers."

Anti-Spam applications are the first affected by VeriSign's practice of designating all .com and .net domain names to "exist". These applications commonly verify that the domain an email claims to have originated from exists as a primary test of an email's
validity, a practice rendered almost obsolete with VeriSign's SiteFinder. To counteract this and other negative effects, DNS Commander 4.0E allows for the proper operation of DNS services so that web surfing, Spam detection, and other online activities can
proceed as they had before VeriSign's SiteFinder service.
Incognito customers can download the updated software from www.incognito.com. For a free demonstration of DNS Commander, please contact sales@incognito.com.

About Incognito Software
Incognito Software, Inc. is a rapidly growing independent company uniquely focused on developing IP, DNS, and device provisioning solutions for enterprises and broadband service providers. Founded in 1992 to provide open, standards-based networking solutions for large enterprises and government agencies, Incognito also
delivers its secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant software to hosting companies, registrars, ISPs and broadband service providers worldwide. For more information on our extensible, easy-to-use IP address management, DHCP, TFTP, and DNS solutions, please visit: www.incognito.com

### For more information please contact: Tom Martin Director of Product Marketing and Business Development Incognito Software Inc. 1-800-877-1856 x116 tmartin@incognito.com