StrongKey CryptoEngine Files

StrongKey CryptoEngine - from StrongAuth, Inc.
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This is the 2.0 release (Build 163) of the StrongKey CryptoEngine
(SKCE), a Java program that allows you to perform many cryptographic
functions without dealing with cryptographic primitives. 

Build-163 fixes some minor replication bugs for a clustered setup, 
and also updates the JDK to version 1.8 build 121.

The fidotutorial for eclipse has not been updated, but will appear 
shortly in this folder.

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 or Security Keys);
- 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
  grouups 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:

b648db37851c1dc2d91da86f89958b89d969c29b80e99e5d85dd37f7e2d1ae80  skce-src-v2.0-build-163.zip
17109fbe79329fb9d93cfcb23bc1c9fa35b6bd3d04a464fc9286e69cd165953e  skce-v2.0-build-163.zip
a5b5d7f1065cad6e5bc45c6bf6174b49cdc8c36bc3b1808dda135a180e8be8d0  fidotutorial-build-163-netbeans.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).

Download the binaries, source and give it a spin.  Check out the
wiki on this site for details on how to install the SKCE and how 
to FIDO-enable your web-applications for strong-authentication
using the SKCE.  

Use the FIDO Tutorial we've defined on https://fidodemo.strongauth.com
to learn how to FIDO-enable a simple JSP-based web-application in
a an hour or two.

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.