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To: voop who wrote (31704)	9/15/2000 10:27:56 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

voop, << Well if that all their standard and patents were worth they are either not acknowledging their CAP or they never were a gorilla. >> They (RSAS/SDTI) never were a gorilla. No tornado. PKI is very complex. They may (I said may, not do) have a proprietary open architecture, based on a multiplatform end to end solution (Keon, formerly known as SecurSight) which combines their proprietary time based algorithm used in their SecurID token, and Ace Server, with PKI, and a software client, or smart card version of the SecurID token with PKI capability. Certicom has no end to end solution so far as I can tell. On desktops this is important. Selling tool kits don't make a gorilla. Having a patented version of public domain technology doesn't do much either. Thanks for the KOPN link. - Eric -

To: voop who wrote (31704)	9/16/2000 1:52:15 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Voop, Re: CERT - e-security - m-security - PKI - CA's - 2.5G wireless voice & DATA Cericom getting closer to a whole product solution? They are attempting to play with the big boys. Competing with their customers? Getting into Certs as well as Keys. Platform Play? Application Play? Both. >> E-SIGNATURE LAWS BOOST MOBILE SECURITY EFFORTS September 18, 2000 Wireless Week By Brad Smith The legality of e-signatures might still be in its infancy, but already companies are rolling out applications aimed at capitalizing on the upcoming demand for signing contracts using wireless devices. Mobile security specialist Certicom Inc. is expected to announce this week the availability of digital certificates for wireless applications, just in time for a new federal law giving digital signatures the same validity as physical ones. Certicom’s solution is called the MobileTrust Certificate Authority, which it says is the first to use elliptic curve cryptography. The company is expected to announce the availability of the application at Certicom’s PKS 2000 mobile security conference in San Jose, Calif. The application is aimed at an m-commerce future being enabled by the increasing number of laws globally allowing consumers and businesses to sign contracts using a mobile device. Among these is the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act due to take effect in the United States on Oct. 1. Richard Depew, Certicom’s executive vice president for field operations, says elliptic curve cryptography is particularly suited to wireless devices and networks because of the technology’s power and bandwidth efficiencies. It enables secure and fast applications such as stock trading and other financial services, e-mail and health care. Certicom’s MobileTrust Certificate Authority service provides certificates for both client and server uses. On the client side, Certicom is working with Sony, Palm and Motorola to embed its public key infrastructure in their devices during manufacture, but Depew says the PKI can be added later and integrated with the Wireless Transport Layer Security of the Wireless Application Protocol. The Palm VII already ships with Certicom’s technology. What’s Certicom’s business plan for MobileTrust? Depew says the company will receive licensing fee revenue as well as fees from the issuance of the certificates themselves and royalties for devices with the application embedded << - Eric -