2factor

mheyman at gmail.com mheyman at gmail.com
Wed Apr 16 14:07:49 EDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Leichter, Jerry
<leichter_jerrold at emc.com> 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

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