Best practices/HOWTO for key storage in small office/home office setting?

[Ian Farquhar - Network Security Group]

Rick Smith at Secure Computing wrote:
> At 11:41 AM 10/2/2001, Bill Stewart wrote:
> >Sounds like you're starting to reinvent the I-Button.
> >(Dallas semiconductor's product - uses a small computer chip
> >and an infrared link attached to a watch battery.)
 
> Or the iKey which is pretty much exactly what you're describing -- smart
> card-like crypto functions and key storage that plugs right into a USB
> socket.

Not quite.  The iKey is tamper evident (evaled to FIPS 140-1 Level 2 -
cert
#161), whereas the  JavaButton is tamper respondent (FIPS 140-1 Level 3
-
cert #111).  I'd much prefer a tamper respondent keystore.

Ian.

PS. Personal opinions, not my employer's.



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