Re: 2factor

2008-04-21 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:07:49 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. As opposed to, say, RFC 4279,

Re: 2factor

2008-04-18 Thread Ed Gerck
Leichter, Jerry wrote: 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? He's likely called Paul McGough, of

Re: 2factor

2008-04-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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

Re: 2factor

2008-04-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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

2factor

2008-04-16 Thread Leichter, Jerry
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