| NFC Identity
Project |
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| The
NFC
Identity Project, is an open source project that is
creating a complete mobile
authentication system for corporations and government agencies.
This
system will be free
for internal use. |
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| Within
two years there will be corporate and government deployments where all
members of the organization will utilize NFC enabled mobile devices for
the purpose of identity management. These deployments will drive
further
consumer acceptance. These systems will
be microcosms of the full Trust
Nexus system. |
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| Most
deployments within major corporations and government agencies (where
there is no need for third party validation) will
utilize their own repositories. The Trust
Nexus
will offer a service for smaller organizations that prefer not to
manage their own repositories. |
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| The
NFC
Identity Project
will provide both in person authentication at a physical check point
and
network authentication. NFC technology will enable a bridge
between the desktop and mobile platforms. All computers will soon have
an NFC interface (either an internal card or a device plugged
into a USB port). NFC enabled mobile devices will be able to exchange
information with the desktop platform for a variety of purposes
(authentication, single sign-on, financial transactions, marketing
profiles, etc.). |
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| One
of the key benefits of this system for corporations and government
agencies is the data structure exposed for authentication will
contain no private
data. The data structure could just contain
employee reference numbers and dual encrypted hash codes of digital
credentials. The system will be incredibly secure (even if
hackers can reach the data structures they would have access to
meaningless information). |
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| There
will be five components within the system: |
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Digital Wallet (for
all major mobile operating systems)
- Credential
management system (create, retrieve, delete).
- XML
data structure for credentials (including bio-metric data).
- Authentication
processes within the digital wallet (encrypt transaction token with
private key).
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Infrastructure for The Trust
Nexus Repository
- The
data structures will be incredibly simple.
- The
processes will be incredibly simple.
- The
amount of data to manage will be incredibly small.
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Basic Credential Provisioning
Component
- Create
a credential.
- Store
the dual encrypted hashcode in the repository.
- Provision
the credential to the digital wallet.
- Extensible
for easy integration with existing identity management systems.
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Basic Authentication Component
- User
selects a credential.
- User
scans his/her smart phone against an NFC reader.
- Credential
is authenticated against the repository.
- Extensible
for easy integration with existing identity management systems.
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Network/Internet Authentication
Component
- Plugin
for major Internet browsers for exchanging information with the
NFC reader
- User
scans his/her smart phone against an NFC reader connected to his/her
computer's USB.
- Credential
is automatically selected.
- Credential
is authenticated.
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| Please contact
us
for more information. |
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