Vasco's DIGIPASS available for iPhone and iPod Touch.Worldwide Computer Products News-5 November 2009-Vasco's DIGIPASS available for iPhone and iPod Touch A flash-based iPod from Apple that was modeled after the iPhone. It is essentially a thinner iPhone without the phone capability and uses a touch screen for navigation rather than the illustrious click wheel. Like the iPhone, the only physical button displays the main menu. (C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com Vasco Data Security Inc (Nasdaq: VDSI VDSI Vasco Data Security International, Inc. (Brussels, Belgium) VDSI Verband Deutscher Sicherheitsingenieure (German) ) announced today that its DIGIPASS for Mobile application is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, making it accessible to an additional 20 million users. The application, which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, provides users with a two-factor authentication The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication. method for accessing enabled m-banking, e-banking, e-commerce and enterprise applications. The organisation providing the enabled application must integrate VASCO server technology (VACMAN Controller, VACMAN Middleware IDENTIKEY or aXsGUARD) and will assign which applications, such as e-banking, brokerage, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , application security and webmail access, DIGIPASS for Mobile will use. For the native integration into existing applications, VASCO has a software development kit available (DIGIPASS API). For the roll-out of DIGIPASS for Mobile on iPhone, the end-user will connect to the App Store to download the authentication application. When users log on to the e-banking application on PC, an SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. will be send to the iPhone by the server at the bank. The user will then launch the authentication application on the iPhone by inserting a PIN-code. The authentication application will generate an OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P (one time passcode) on the iPhone. To sign the transaction the user will validate the OTP on the iPhone. The company said that the solution is well suited to protect banks and users from man-in-the-Middle attacks, considering two separate channels, the PC and the iPhone, are used to sign transactions. No details of the costs of implementing the DIGIPASS solution were discussed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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