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StrongKey CryptoEngine - from StrongAuth, Inc.
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This is the 2.0 release of the StrongKey CryptoEngine (SKCE),
a Java program that allows you to perform many cryptographic
functions without dealing with cryptographic primitives. 

Build-152 fixes some minor bugs, but introduces two important changes:
1) it supports the U2F JavaScript 1.1 Draft Specification located at
https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.0-nfc-bt-amendment-20150514/fido-u2f-javascript-api.html
2) it introduces clustering of SKCE instances for high-availability.

The tutorials, Android library and the software token simulator are
not yet updated, but will appear shortly in this folder.  Some new
information related to the Nougat release of Android caused us to
hold off until we've had a chance to test some additional functionality.

There is an upgrade script in the binary distribution that will allow 
you to upgrade your previous (B122) release of SKCE to the current
release.

Some useful capabilities of the SKCE are:

- As a FIDO Certified U2F Server to enable strong-authentication 
  to your web-applications using the FIDO U2F protocol with 
  hardware-based FIDO Authenticators (aka Tokens);
- To encrypt/decrypt files and store them in public/private 
  clouds while protecting keys in an on-premises, centralized
  key-management system (StrongAuth keyAppliance);
- To digitally sign documents or software-code using software-
  based or Hardware Security Module (HSM)-based keys;
- To determine authorization information about a user from LDAP
  groups before decrypting files;
- To get FIDO U2F "authorization" from a user's hardware Token
  before decrypting files, for stronger security; and
- ....more.   

The SKCE currently works with AWS S3, Microsoft Azure and 
Eucalyptus Walrus for encrypted file-storage, in addition to
local NAS/SAN storage on your network.  

The SHA256 digests of the files are:

e13efa075a8961ff51408293fb2a79d943acfbf0efe6ac6fc14c0c268b0c6549  skce-src-v2.0-build-152.zip
606f2900c7147e5c45a785dc4b0df42e88f7f99350c4fb552e825655287b6b46  skce-v2.0-build-152.zip

The software is configured to work with our DEMO KeyAppliance on
the internet.  The generated symmetric keys are sent there for
storage and retrieval.  Please DO NOT attempt to use the DEMO
machine for PRODUCTION use - there are no guarantees around the
availability of the DEMO appliance - it exists purely to showcase
the capabilities of our products and to allow you to play with 
the SKCE to try it out.  If and when you decide to use the SKCE
in your production applications, you must buy your own 
KeyAppliances, or build your own key-management solution to
use with the SKCE (we, obviously, hope that you'll buy the 
KeyAppliance from us, so we can bring you newer features in
the appliance and the SKCE).

If you have questions, post them on the forum at this site and 
we'll get back to you as soon as possible.  We're interested in 
your feedback.

Thank you for your interest and support.

StrongAuth, Inc.
Source: README-skce-v2.0-build-152.txt, updated 2016-10-13