Microsoft will enlist VeriSign to help provide security for its planned set of Internet services called .Net, the companies were scheduled to announce Tuesday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microsoft has been hounded by concerns over privacy and security since announcing plans to release .Net and HailStorm, a related set of paid subscription services ranging from banking to making dental appointments over the Internet.
The system will depend on customers' willingness to store personal information including credit card numbers and personal calendars via a Microsoft system called Passport.
Passport was originally introduced as a system for remembering multiple Web site log-ons across the Internet and is now shaping into a cornerstone to storing personal information needed for .Net.
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