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Juno and VeriSign Team to Provide Web Presence Services

Juno to Offer VeriSign's Web Site Building Tool to Millions of Subscribers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and NEW YORK, NY (July 9, 2001) -- Juno Online Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: JWEB) today announced a strategic agreement with VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) to provide Juno's subscribers with access to domain name registration services and other value-added Web presence offerings, including professional Web site design services aimed at small businesses and consumers. One of the nation's largest Internet access providers, Juno provides multiple tiers of billable and free services to millions of subscribers throughout the United States.

Under the agreement with VeriSign, Juno will offer VeriSign Domain Name and value-added products and services to its subscribers through banner advertisements and text links on its portal site, www.juno.com.

"Through our partnership with VeriSign, Juno subscribers have access to services designed to help them establish whatever Web presence they desire, either for personal or professional use," said David Jakubowski, Juno's vice president for business development. "VeriSign provides terrifically useful and versatile tools for our members."

"VeriSign and Juno are helping consumers and entrepreneurs get started on the Web," said Ben Turner, VeriSign's vice president and general manager for Value Added Services and Products. "There are great synergies in working together. Since we launched our services on Juno, Juno has become one of the top resellers of our popular Web site design tool."

VeriSign's registration services have expanded to include the .com, .net, .org, .tv, .cc, and .ws top-level domains. In addition, VeriSign's value-added services include a Web site design service, which small businesses and consumers can use to build a Web site in as little as 10 minutes. The service, available through ImageCafe™ at www.imagecafe.com, includes a unique Web address with matching e-mail, hosting, and a point-and-click Web site editing tool. Unlimited live chat customer support is free.

About Juno 
Juno Online Services, Inc. is one of the nation's leading Internet access providers, with 15.9 million total registered subscribers as of March 31, 2001, and 4.1 million active subscribers during that month.

Founded in 1995, Juno provides multiple levels of service, including free basic Internet access, billable premium dial-up service, and (in certain markets) high-speed broadband access. The company's revenues are derived primarily from the subscription fees charged for its billable premium services, and to a lesser extent from the sale of advertising and from various forms of electronic commerce.

For more information about Juno, visit www.juno.com/corp/. To get a copy of the Juno software, go to www.juno.com or call 1-800-TRY-JUNO.

About VeriSign 
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) is the leading provider of trusted infrastructure services to Web sites, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals. The company's domain name, digital certificate, and payment services provide the critical Web identity, authentication, and transaction infrastructure that online businesses require to conduct secure e-commerce and communications. VeriSign's services are available through its Web sites (www.verisign.com and www.networksolutions.com) or through its direct sales force and reseller partners around the world.

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Forward-Looking Statements:

For VeriSign 
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, VeriSign's limited operating history under its current business structure, uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, increased competition, risks associated with the company's international business and risks related to potential security breaches. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001. VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.

For Juno 
Statements in this press release regarding Juno Online Services, Inc. that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause such statements to differ materially from actual future events or results. Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following factors, among others, could cause Juno's actual results to differ materially from those described in a forward-looking statement: limited history of offering Juno's billable premium services and free basic service in its current form; history of losses; possible unavailability of financing as and if needed; risks that Juno may be unable to derive significant revenues from the sale of advertising, due to market conditions or other factors; inability to successfully migrate free subscribers to, or to retain subscribers in, Juno's billable premium services; increasing competition from existing or new competitors; rapid technological change; dependence on a limited number of telecommunications carriers and other third party vendors; possible industry consolidation; and potential fluctuations in quarterly and annual results. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. Readers are referred to the reports and documents filed from time to time by Juno with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 11, 2001, for a discussion of these and other important risk factors.

VeriSign is a registered trademark of VeriSign, Inc. Network Solutions and ImageCafe are registered trademarks of Network Solutions, Inc. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.