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Government Edition

Message in a Bottle, Government Edition, enables sending and receiving encrypted and digitally signed SMSs with the highest level of security. Government Edition's cryptographic engine supplies the highest level of security despite good performances in terms of speed and usability. Therefore, Government Edition is suitalble for private investigators, security agency, security force and, more in general, for who needs the higest level of security in SMS communications.

Security Level
Ultra Top Secret
Top Secret
Secret
Restricted
Confidential
Public
Cryptographic Parameters
Elliptic Curve Key
256 bit
AES Encryption Key
256 bit
AES Encryption Block
256 bit
Features
Encrypted SMS
Digitally signed SMS
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Additional encryption key (*)
Key Ring
SMS advanced settings
PIN advanced settings
Secure deletion on SMS (**)
Total erase in event of PIN attack (***)
 
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* Governemt Editionenables adding an additional encryption key in order to encrypt the public key during key exchange procedure. Such an additional key protect from the "Man in the Middle Attack".

** Governemt Edition allows setting secure deletion for SMS. If so the memory assigned to a deleted SMS is filled  with zeros.

*** Governemt Edition has a special security mechanism which erases the internal memory with private key and all keys and SMSs when a PIN attack is recognized i.e., when the maximum number of trials for typing the correct PIN is reached. Also in this case, memory is filled with zeros.

Minimal requirement for the handset:
- Java MIDP2.0
- Wireless Messaging API (WMA 1.0 - JSR120)