On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Leichter, Jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone know anything about a company called 2factor (2factor.com)? > They're pushing a system based on symmetric cryptography with, it > appears, some kind of trusted authority. "Factor of 100 faster > than SSL". "More secure, because it authenticates every message." > > No real technical data I can find on the site, and I've never seen > a site with so little information about who's involved. (Typically, > you at least get a list of the top execs.) Some ex-spooks? Pure > snake oil? Somewhere in between? > More googling and this seems to be the technology:
<http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2008030523> and <http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-performing-perfectly-secure-key-exchange-and-authenticated-messaging-dt20060216ptan20060034456.php> Which seem to be aimed at a drop in replacement for SSL (with a working example using Firefox and Apache). They seem to rest on a key exchange or agreement based on a shared secret. Take this analysis with a grain of salt - I just gave the patent and application a quick scan. -Michael Heyman --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
