Understanding the Strength of IOTA Identity through Strong Hold

IOTA expressed that a new version of their open source software library to protect any digital secret is out with guarantees about API, client logic, and snapshot format. Reportedly, IOTA stronghold is now qualified for a full external audit.

For clarity, per the IOTA blog, Strong Hold is an open-source software library which has been primarily built to protect the IOTA Seeds, but it can be used to protect any kind of digital secret. It works like a secure database meant for working with cryptography, which ensures absolute secrecy for private keys.

The protocol also provides a peer-to-peer communication layer in a way that different apps will be able to securely communicate making use of the state-of-the-art Noise Protocol over libp2p. Also, stronghold is set to form a secure base for the new IOTA Firefly wallet and it will also be integrated into the IOTA Identity.

The current Beta release is known as “Boden Fortress.” The IOTA blog explains this stating that it is named “after the fortification in Northern Sweden set up to protect the country and its transport of the “coin of industry” — iron ore — during the world wars in the first half of the 20th Century.”

They claim that its utility is proven and that it has been found to be in use throughout the Cold War. Just like the Stronghold’s Beta release is intended to be, the Boden Fortress was also a temporary solution which was destined to be short lived and it is set to be dismantled after the service period.

The Boden Fortress has been in use for nearly hundred years. They have to state that they are pretty sure that Stronghold’s Beta will be much, much shorter than that.

For those who are looking for a refresher diagram with regard to how Stronghold works, there is a meme diagram that makes the understanding very simple.

The good thing is that most people will never even need to know that they are having a Stronghold. The focus is to ensure that it’s use is invisible, a lot like how visitors to common websites need not know which database is used on the backend.

The developers hope that in the very near future, websites, apps and even operating systems will start recognizing the strength and utility of approaches like the IOTA Identity.

The strength of IOTA Identity is focused on the ability to control and secure one’s own data, where they will be able to decide what they share, where it is chosen from and with whom it is shared, how the users are empowered to revoke access when it suits.

Credits to James @ https://thecurrencyanalytics.com/24757/understanding-the-strength-of-iota-identity-through-strong-hold/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

Luke Timmins Plymouth