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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Pilot Network Services, Inc. of our reports dated June 30, 2000
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Pilot Network Services, Inc. and
subsidiary as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, and the related
financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the March 31, 2000 Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Pilot Network Services, Inc.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
July 26, 2000
