NetNation and GeoTrust Team to Increase Online Security for E-Business

August 12, 2002 - NetNation Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NNCI), a top-ranked web host and leading domain name registrar, announced today that it has teamed with GeoTrust Inc., a leader in identity and security solutions for e-business and the world's second largest certificate authority, to provide comprehensive security solutions for e-commerce transactions and identity verification to NetNation's customers.

Under the agreement, NetNation can now offer its customers and resellers GeoTrust's QuickSSL™ and True BusinessID™ solutions.

QuickSSL provides commercial quality, 128-bit data encryption to safeguard online information exchanges and transactions. "Businesses can obtain a QuickSSL certificate in less than the three to five days it takes for GeoTrust's competitors, enabling them to begin secure e-business much faster," said Ken Stoddart, Director of Web Trust Services for GeoTrust.

True BusinessID is a combination solution of traditional SSL certificates and GeoTrust's True Site™ identity product, which denotes a site's legitimacy with a dynamically generated time/date stamp that cannot be copied.

"Online security is a growing concern for both consumers and businesses alike," said George Muenz, Vice President of Business Development for NetNation. "The addition of GeoTrust's solutions meets our customers' growing needs for building trust with their customers and operating securely online." Although security solutions are not a new offering for the web host, GeoTrust's solutions allow businesses of all sizes to affordably obtain a security certificate of their own. No longer do small business customers using the web host's shared web hosting services have to use a shared security certificate for cost savings.

"GeoTrust's solutions enable e-businesses to get up and running with strong security that is quick and easy to implement, and cost effective to purchase," said Neal Creighton, GeoTrust CEO. "GeoTrust's solutions allow businesses to have their own certificate, which offers them the ability to display their own company identity to their consumers. This further strengthens the trust chain and adds to consumer confidence when doing business online."

NetNation has also added the new security solutions to the domain reseller product line of it's wholly-owned domain registration subsidiary, DomainPeople.com.

"Resellers can now more affordably make the secure portion of the domain registration process completely transparent of the fact the service is powered by DomainPeople," said Karim Jiwani, General Manager of DomainPeople.

Previously, the domain registrar's resellers used DomainPeople's security certificate during registration or purchased their own at considerable expense.

"The new security services are the perfect complement to our newly launched, completely branded domain registration services," added Jiwani.

About GeoTrust, Inc.

GeoTrust, Inc., an emerging leader in Identity and Trust Services, helps organizations of all sizes secure e-commerce transactions, trusted identities and fully managed trusted environments for conducting e-business. GeoTrust's Web Security Services offer hosting providers and businesses with world-class digital certificates for fast transaction security and patent-pending smart-seals to ensure a trusted identity on the Web. GeoTrust also offers managed security services for large enterprises. With more than 25,000 companies in over 80 countries using its technology for transaction security, GeoTrust is the second largest digital certificate provider in the world. GeoTrust can be reached at www.geotrust.com or 800-944-0492.

About NetNation Communications, Inc.

NetNation Communications, Inc. is a pioneer in web hosting and domain name registration. Since inception in 1997, the Company has extended its products to offer enhanced-dedicated servers, co-location and shared hosting services to clients worldwide. NetNation is recognized by industry evaluators for its excellent customer service and support, as reflected by its frequent top web host rankings worldwide.

About DomainPeople, Inc.

NetNation's wholly owned subsidiary, DomainPeople, Inc., was the eighth ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and offers registration for the most popular domain extensions - notably dot-com, dot-net, dot-org, dot-info, dot-biz, dot-ca and dot-us. DomainPeople is a founding member of Afilias Limited, the registry selected to operate dot-info.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. NetNation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this news release.

GeoTrust is a registered trademark of GeoTrust, Inc. QuickSSL, True BusinessID and True Site are trademarks of GeoTrust, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

NetNation is a registered trademark of NetNation Communications, Inc. and DomainPeople is a trademark of DomainPeople, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.