EXHIBIT 32.1

     CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, 18 U.S.C SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of iPass Inc. (the "Company") of Form
10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Kenneth D. Denman,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
      respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
      Company.

Date: May 14, 2004                 /s/   Kenneth D. Denman

                                         Kenneth D. Denman
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                         (Principal Executive Officer)

This certification accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated
by reference into any filing of iPass Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before
or after the date of the Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation
language contained in such filing.