UniMate Flex

UniMate Flex is a two-factor mobile authenticator, the first of its kind to operate using the 3.5 mm audio interface. Users can visually confirm transactions through an inbuilt LED screen, drastically reducing the risk of unauthorised transactions.

Concept

The level of protection offered by current mobile technology when transmitting data has been known to be broken. The KASUMI block cipher used to protect 3G mobile communication has many known exploits, the publically documented and published related key attack in January 2010 proves that the cipher is not secure.

The idea of the Unimate Project team is to use a separate authentication device which takes the advantage of proven and effective techniques to provide strong authentication for mobile platform. 

As most mobile devices do not have USB port, the popular USB token solution is not suitable for mobile devices. Considering that most mobile devices have audio jack interface, the UniMate is equipped a TRRS to transfer data between mobile devices and UniMate token. 

To make the  more adaptable, the project team maintained a micro USB to support personal computer, and the internal battery can be charged via the USB port.

Release Date

January-01-2012

Advantages

• Increase security
• Multiple platform support
• Interactive confirmation function make sure sign what you see
• NFC function expandable

Specification

Type	Specification
Model	Flex
Interface	3.5mm TRRS / Micro USB
Hardware ID	64-bit Unique
Internal Memory	>16KB
Control Buttons	Optional
LCD Display	128*64 points
USB Operation Mode	HID
Power Supply	Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
Charge Mode	Micro USB
Middleware	PKCS#11, Mini-Driver, MS-CAPI, Audio Authentication API, X.509 Digital Certificate
Supported Platforms	Mobile OS: iOS, Android, Symbian, All desktop OS