identity based encryption
your identity is the key to Safeserve's encryption service
breakthrough technology
In 1984, Adi Shamir, one of the inventors of
the well-known RSA public key system, proposed that using identity
directly as a public key, rather than relying on certificates, might be
the best approach for simplifying public key cryptography.
For the next two decades, numerous attempts were made to provide an Identity-Based
Encryption algorithm, but no practical solution was found
your Identity is the key
In 2000, Dr. Dan Boneh and Dr. Matt Franklin achieved a mathematical
breakthrough and invented the first practical Identity-Based Encryption
(IBE) system. Using bilinear mappings, known as Weil and Tate pairings,
on elliptic curves obtains an algorithm that can be used to turn a
simple, well-recognized identity into a public/private key pair.
leveraging IBE
By using well-known identities as public keys, Identity-Based Encryption
(IBE) eliminates the complexity of certificates, Certificate Revocation
Lists (CRL) and other costly infrastructure. The practical application of
IBE results in a solution that is easy to implement and easy to manage,
without the overhead and cost inherent in traditional security solutions.
Scalability of the IBE approach means that, for the first time,
companies can communicate with their clients through secure business
messaging, opening up new business opportunities, better customer service
and, most importantly, differentiated competitive advantage.