GPL version of WiKID Strong Authentication released

[Nick Owen <nowen () wikidsystems com>]

WiKID is pleased to announce that we've released an open source version
of WiKID. We've been working on this for the last few months.  We needed
to replace the Ntru encryption packages we use with open source 1024-bit
RSA encryption and we needed remove the proprietary Radius server we had
embedded into the WiKID server.

Here is what we have released:

> The WiKID Strong Authentication OSS server
> A J2SE WiKID token client
> Initial validation  scripts (ASP) for automating new user additions
> The windows dll network client component
> The java network client component
> Example jsp script for use writing your own WiKID protected jsp pages
> TACACS+ and Openldap network clients - with more on the way

The WiKID Strong Authentication Systems is a robust, flexible, scalable
and secure two-factor authentication platform.  Features include:

> Easy to use web-based management
> Replication for fault-tolerance
> Highly scalable architecture
> Each server supports multiple security domains pointed at difference
network resources
> Each client supports of multiple domains - across multiple servers
> Each user can have multiple clients in different locations
> Configure passcode lifetime, PIN length, max bad PIN attempts and max
bad passcode attempts by domain
> Automated user validation based on existing trusted credentials
> No hardware token required; can be run from a USB token
> Easier to use and more extensible than, yet as secure as a key fob token
> More secure and easier to implement than client certificates
> Extensible across multiple enterprises
> Perfect for web-based applications, remote access and non-employee
strong authentication
> Open source, with commercial support available.

We have set up http://www.wikidsystems.net as our open source home page
and https://sourceforge.net/projects/wikid-twofactor/ is the sourceforge
project page as well.  If you manage multiple servers in multiple
locations and use the same passwords for all of them, you should really
check out WiKID.  Feedback and contributions very much appreciated.

Nick

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Nick Owen
WiKID Systems, Inc.
404.962.8983 (desk)
404.542.9453 (cell)
http://www.wikidsystems.com
At last, two-factor authentication, without the hassle factor