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The
WebIdentity hardware device is, to all
intents and purposes, a hardware key which has
been developed for its security features as
well as being equipped with an ASIC chip for
the parallel port version and a purpose built
chip for the USB interface version.
The
device has the following technical features:
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8
Kbytes of writeable memory
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Memory
access code
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Security:
an ASIC circuit makes the simple cloning
of the hardware key impossible
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Automatic
power supply:
it doesn’t use internal batteries or an
external power supply
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Programmable:
a double access code to information in the
device is programmable by the service
provider
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Stackable:
the USB key can be stacked together with
up to 128 other peripheral devices; with
the parallel interface version, 20 or more
keys can be stacked on the same parallel port
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Transparency:
other peripheral devices can be piggy
backed with the key on the same port
(network adapters, SCASI adapters,
portable hard disks etc.
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Algorithmic
queries:
There are means of performing algorithmic
type queries and not just those which
return a static answer.
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Identity
code:
each key is uniquely customized with a
factory supplied identity code for every
user.
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Internal
memory:
416 bytes of non volatile memory equipped
with an access code composed of 16 + 16
bytes.
As
stated previously, other features of the
device are relative to the type of interface
which can be either parallel or USB and are
amongst the most standard available on the
personal computers of the latest, past and
future generations.
Another
version of the device is under development and
will be equipped with extra features in the
area of internal writeable memory: in the new
version this memory will be increased to 8KB.
This will make WebIdentity perfectly
inegratable with the new public key
infrastructures and the implementation of
electronic signatures.
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