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Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 33-______), pertaining to the 1999 Incentive Stock Plan of AXENT
Technologies, Inc., of our report dated March 17, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of AXENT Technologies, Inc.
included in AXENT Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Ernst & Young LLP
McLean, Virginia
September 15, 2000
