Indiana prof tossing his 'active cookies' at security threats

Iria · Feb 20, 2006, 08:27 PM

An Indiana University scientist is behind a new company exploiting cookie technology to protect Web users from identity theft and other online threats.

Markus Jacobsson, associate professor of informatics and associate director of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, is promoting the new security technique through a start-up called RavenWhite that he founded with Ari Juels, manager and principal research scientist at RSA Laboratories.

Their "active cookie" technique is designed to protect end users with PCs, laptops or mobile devices in a way that traditional cookies cannot (cookies are information stored on an end-user device that identify that system during initial and repeat visits to a Web site).

"While cookies were merely designed to identify users, active cookies are designed to authenticate users," according to the company Web site.
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Feb 20, 2006, 08:27 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Indiana prof tossing his 'active cookies' at security threats An Indiana University scientist is behind a new company exploiting cookie technology to protect Web users from identity theft and other online threats. Markus Jacobsson, associate professor of informatics and associate director of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, is promoting the new security technique through a start-up called RavenWhite that he founded with Ari Juels, manager and principal research scientist at RSA Laboratories. Their "active cookie" technique is designed to protect end users with PCs, laptops or mobile devices in a way that traditional cookies cannot (cookies are information stored on an end-user device that identify that system during initial and repeat visits to a Web site). "While cookies were merely designed to identify users, active cookies are designed to authenticate users," according to the company Web site. ____________ Read More / Source: Network World