More secure than mere user name a password.  Web Entry is a digital signature web access control scheme wherein the user “drags and drops” a digital key icon off the surfboard (secure bar)  onto the web page to request access to the site.  In the background, the sovereign server is asked to generate a random number, and the Zendit user is prompted for their password to digitally sign when requesting access to the site. The signature is verified with the users public key using the Authora Sovereign EDGE and the user is granted or denied access depending on the policies set by the administrator of the sites Sovereign Server.

Fig.1 click on the Web Entry button, drag the appropriate key icon onto the web page,

you will be prompted for your password to digitally sign and will be granted or denied access.

The growing suite of Sovereign clients includes Browser, Web page, Outlook, Desktop, and in the near future Macintosh, Java, Windows CE and Palm.  These clients are designed with the idea of ease of use.

·         Browser—The Surfboard Browser Trust Client allows users to encrypt and/or sign and decrypt and/or verify web pages. Currently this includes 40+ web-based email systems including Hotmail and Yahoo Mail among others.  The Surfboard provides simple to use user interface for the Web Entry system allowing users to digitally sign access to web-based resources.  Unlike other less secure schemes all encryption and decryption happens on the client.

·         Web page—Browser Initiated Sovereign (BIZ) allows web pages to initiate the encrypt, sign, decrypt and verify functions seamlessly without the need of selecting an additional button.  All encryption and decryption still happens on the client.

·         Outlook—The Outlook Trust Client allows the encryption, signing, decryption and verifying functions in the easy to use Outlook email interface. The Outlook Trust Client can be configured to automatically encrypt and sign all outbound mail without a change in the user experience.

·         Desktop—Currently the Desktop Trust Client is available for Windows 95, 98, XP, and ME, NT, 2000.  It allows the encryption and decryption of files locally on a computer.

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