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sslx overview
SSLX operates within the browser and server identically to SSL https traffic. A browser add-on and server module extension are all that is required to provide the new SSLX authentication and security. V1.0 of SSLX is available in the best of open source: Firefox and Apache.
SSLX improves the speed, security and flexibility of SSL.- Real-Time Security – real-time authentication of users and servers
- Superior Performance – up to 100 times faster, so the entire internet experience can be private and secure
- Easy to Deploy – no certificates to distribute or manage
- Easy to Use – transparent to end-users, easy for administrators
- Scalable Trust – enables new business models and enhances existing ones
- Federated Trust – enables dynamic collaboration and users and services
- Transparency – uses existing SSL infrastructure without changes, and provides automatic switching to SSL if SSLX is not available
- It’s Free – there is no charge to use SSLX on the public Internet
Once installed, SSLX encapsulates all of the http and https traffic, attempting to operate in the new SSLX protocol if it is available at the other end of the connection. Transparently, SSLX will yield to the regular protocol if SSLX is not available; there is no effect on the other traffic. When communicating in SSLX, every transmission between both parties, not just the session, is uniquely authenticated and encrypted. SSLX uses the government standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher with a different key per page. See the Documentation for the detailed specifics of an SSLX transmission.
The trust model of SSLX is similar in most respects to the well-known third-party mechanism of SSL. The only difference is that the initial authentication token is not a lengthy and burdensome certificate, but instead a 256-bit symmetric private key. The authentication mechanism is strong and well tested and is over 100 times faster than a public key handshake. This speed superiority in performance allows the third party to operate in real-time, renamed a Directory Service (DS) instead of 'Certificate Authority'.
Lastly, a new worldwide operating governing body is envisioned as the independent trust authority monitoring the DS entities for policy and compliance.
SSLX has taken the best of SSL, replaced the worst of it, and enhanced all of it.
The SSLX Circle of Trust, with all of the operating pieces of the technology:
