What sort of encryption and digital signature technology is used in X-Wire?
The cryptographic components of X-Wire (non-repudiation of origin [NRO], integrity, authenticity, confidentiality) are based on a state of the art, scalable, public key encryption based system. X-Wire uses the X.509 and PKCS7 standards that are now considered the norm for strong crypto. X-Wire uses state of the art algorithms which currently include RSA and AES. Most attacks on encryption schemes focus on key management, not on breaking algorithms – this is because key handling is often confusing, even for experienced users. X-Wire offers strong digital signatures and strong encryption, but is simple to use because all complex functions are handled at the server, not the local level. Thus, X-Wire maximizes the benefits of cryptographic and procedural security.
