Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[mammon]

From rooster's post: is this competition for wave? "VeriSign Inc., IBM Corp. and others are backing a new program to develop an open standard for strong, multi-factor authentication that can be used across the Internet.

VeriSign plans to announce on Monday an initiative called the Open Authentication Reference Architecture (OATH), which will replace the patchwork of proprietary user authentication products, allowing users to seamlessly access services on corporate networks and the Web, VeriSign executives said. IBM Corp. said its Tivoli Identity Management product will support the new OATH architecture."
Again, my lack of technical knowledge impedes me. What is the difference between attestation and authentication? Does authentication involve endorsement keys?