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Re: 2factor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mheyman@gmail.com)
Fri Apr 18 16:48:19 2008
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:55:35 -0400
From: "mheyman@gmail.com" <mheyman@gmail.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Cc: leichter_jerrold@emc.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.61.0804091255220.5804@mental>
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Leichter, Jerry
<leichter_jerrold@emc.com> wrote:
> Anyone know anything about a company called 2factor (2factor.com)?
> They're pushing a system based on symmetric cryptography with, it
> appears, some kind of trusted authority. "Factor of 100 faster
> than SSL". "More secure, because it authenticates every message."
>
> No real technical data I can find on the site, and I've never seen
> a site with so little information about who's involved. (Typically,
> you at least get a list of the top execs.) Some ex-spooks? Pure
> snake oil? Somewhere in between?
>
Google says:
2factor Inc.
1540 South Holland-Sylvania Road
Maumee, OH 43537
Mark O. Wittenmyer, Chairman
David M. Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Raymond A. Romagnolo, Executive Vice President
2factor, Inc. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark O. Wittenmyer
-Michael Heyman
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