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Rainbow's iKey 2000 Is Entrust-Ready(TM)

            iKey 2000 PE for Entrust Authentication Token Delivers
             Proven PKI Security for Robust Network Environments

    IRVINE, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Rights Management
group of Rainbow Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: RNBO), a leading provider of
high-performance security solutions for the Internet and eCommerce, today
announced that the company's iKey 2000 series workstation security solution
has been awarded the Entrust-Ready(TM) designation by Entrust Technologies
(Nasdaq: ENTU), the leading global provider of Trust Relationship
Management(TM) software and managed services.  The Entrust-Ready designation
means that the iKey 2000 PE for Entrust has been tested for compatibility and
interoperability with Entrust's market-leading public-key infrastructure (PKI)
software.
    With this designation, the iKey 2000 series is the industry's first USB
authentication token to earn the Entrust-Ready designation.  Rainbow, a member
of the Entrust(R) Alliance Developer Program, has initiated Entrust
compatibility testing with other members of the iKey authentication token
family.
    "Working with organizations like Rainbow is one way Entrust can extend the
reach of its Trust Relationship Management portfolio and provide customers
with comprehensive trust solutions.  We are pleased to award the Entrust-Ready
designation for Rainbow's iKey 2000 PE," said Paul Doscher, executive vice
president, marketing and business development, Entrust Technologies Inc.  "We
remain committed to working with a wide array of organizations to deliver
solutions that leverage our customers' existing investments."
    "Rainbow's iKey 2000 series is the industry's first true plug-and-play PKI
security token," said Robert Shields, sr. director of strategic marketing,
Rainbow Technologies.  "The Entrust-Ready designation gives our joint
customers a proven solution for authentication and authorization of users in a
PKI environment and for secure remote access.  We are pleased to continue
working with Entrust to further certify other members of our iKey product
family."

    About Rainbow's iKey
    The iKey workstation security solution family currently features two
authentication tokens developed by Rainbow Technologies.  The iKey 1000 is a
low-cost security token for B2C loyalty and branding, Windows 2000 security
and public-key infrastructure (PKI) applications.  Rainbow's iKey 2000 is a
physically secure token for B2B, enterprise security and other sophisticated
PKI applications.

    About Entrust Technologies Inc.
    Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) is the leading global provider
of Trust Relationship Management(TM) software and managed services that enable
organizations to optimize their business relationships by providing confidence
and convenience to exchange information and conduct transactions via the
Internet.  Today, companies and government agencies in more than 40 countries
rely on the end-to-end Entrust Technologies' Trust Relationship Management
portfolio, which is based on the company's award-winning public-key
infrastructure (PKI) and privilege management technology.  Through Trust
Relationship Management software and managed services from Entrust,
organizations worldwide are able to extend innovative and highly efficient
services to millions of customers, partners and suppliers -- via conventional
computers and networks, wireless devices and other Internet appliances.
Entrust Technologies is a recipient of the CrossRoads 2001 A-List Award.  For
more information, please visit http://www.entrust.com.

    About Rainbow Technologies
    Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading provider of security
solutions for the Internet and eCommerce.  Rainbow applies its core technology
to a variety of Internet applications from securing software to the
acceleration of secure communication for eCommerce and Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs).  Rainbow's products include; secure Web server and VPN
acceleration boards; anti-piracy and Internet software-distribution solutions;
PKI-based security solutions; voice, data and satellite security systems; and
USB-based authentication tokens.  The company's Digital Rights Management
group is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has offices throughout the
United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, China, India, The
Netherlands, Brazil, and Taiwan.  A network of nearly 80 authorized
distributors sell Rainbow products worldwide.  For more information, visit our
Web site at http://www.rainbow.com.

    Rainbow Technologies and CryptoSwift are trademarks of Rainbow
Technologies, Inc.

    Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the
United States and other countries.  In Canada, Entrust is a registered
trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited.  All Entrust product names are
trademarks of Entrust Technologies.

    All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective
organizations.

    The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for forward-looking statements.  Certain information included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K and other materials filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") (as well as information included in oral
statements or other written statements made or to be made by the Company)
contain statements relating to the following:  dependence upon existing and
new product offerings, competition, intellectual property and licensing,
future growth, rapid technological and market change, manufacturing and
sourcing risks, Internet infrastructure and regulation, the inclusion of
network security functionality in hardware or system software, international
operations, among others.  These conditions involve important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company.  Any
forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made.
Statements made in this document that are not purely historical are
forward-looking statements, including any statements as to beliefs, plans,
expectations, or intentions regarding the future.  The Company assumes no
obligation to update information concerning its expectations.

    For further information, please contact Dan Chmielewski of Rainbow
Technologies, Inc., 949-450-7377, dchm@rainbow.com; or Shay Stockdill of
Strategies, 714-957-8880, ext. 116, shay@strategiesadpr.com, for Rainbow
Technologies, Inc.


SOURCE Rainbow Technologies, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Dan Chmielewski of Rainbow Technologies,
    Inc., 949-450-7377, dchm@rainbow.com; or Shay Stockdill of
    Strategies, 714-957-8880, ext. 116, shay@strategiesadpr.com, for
    Rainbow Technologies, Inc.