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- MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Problems and Solutions When Implementing a Windows CardSpace Identity Provider With Barry Dorrans (Level 100)
- The presenters of this webcast share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. The attendee will learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. This webcast talks about problems and solutions when implementing a Windows CardSpace identity provider in the real world.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-06
- MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekspeak: CardSpace, Why Should You Care, Who's Using It Today, and How? (Level 300)
- This webcast discusses real-world implementation considerations around Windows CardSpace.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-01-02
- An InfoCard selector for OS X
- The Bandit Project sponsored by Novell has released DigitalMe for the Mac. DigitalMe is the Novell brand for their Infocard selectors that are compatible with Microsoft's CardSpace. I installed the OS X DigitalMe selector and the Firefox plugin (the browser is an intermediary in process of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Apple Mac OS X, DigitalMe, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- How do I... Create and use a Microsoft CardSpace personal digital identification card?
- Digital identification and, more importantly, the ability to exchange certified digital information, is the mantra of many network security strategies. With the proliferation of open communications networks, access to systems and data boils down to they system's ability to recognize who is connected to the network. Denying access altogether is...
- Tags: Card, Network, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Microsoft Corp., Networking, Strategy, Security, Management
- Download resources 2007-09-14
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and Linux
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and LinuxWhat's moreOf course, you can only use it if you got your system from Novell or Microsoft may sue you.So Microsoft will start suing individuals?That's where the "Wow" starts.Wow!, that will improve their image.Wow!, that will increase their revenue.Wow!, that will stop piracy...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Wow!, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and Linux
- Dale Olds reports on his blog that Novell presented an Open Source Identity Selector OSIS on OS X and Linux that supports the same InfoCards as Windows CardSpace today at Brainshare. Pat Felsted has a screenshot of the OSIS. Dale describes a demo done by Baber...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, selector, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Open Source Identity Selector
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Global warming of the identity ocean
- The big news out of the RSA conference is the announcement of a "marriage" of OpenID and CardSpace. For those that arent up on the inner workings of user-centric identity: CardSpace is Microsofts instantiation of the InfoCards Meta-system that Kim Cameron proposed several years ago; OpenID is a URL-centric identity...
- Tags: General, OpenID, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Microsoft: Still more to do on security
- Microsoft: Still more to do on securityGates presenting security?"Mundie said in a joint keynote speech with Gates at the RSA Conference here."Is this the same security genius that only a couple of days ago "dared" hackers to attempt zero day exploits for Vista?Spoken like a true tyrant" people are going...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- RSA 2007: Microsoft marries CardSpace and OpenID 2.0
- With the Vista launch behind him, Bill Gates and Craig Mundie, Microsofts chief research and strategy officer and security patron, were on stage the 16th annual RSA Conference in San Francisco before a crowd of about 15,000 security geeks and professionals. They were preceded by a Broadway-style dance number with...
- Tags: General, Security, Microsoft, OpenID, Craig Mundie
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support
- Windows CardSpace gets Firefox supportIE browser is about deadWith just one feature, RSS, there is a compelling reason to upgrade the internet browser on corporate and government computers. I did so last week on my wife's computer. As had been reported to me by half a dozen others, it doesn't...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows CardSpace, RSS
- Discussion threads 2006-12-13
- Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support
- A new plug-in providing Firefox support for Microsofts CardSpace digital-identity framework is now available for public download. Solution architect Kevin Miller, who played an instrumental role in developing the technology, announced the availability of his Firefox add-on for Windows via his blog. Why is Firefox support important? Until...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- A sneak preview of .NET 3.0
- David Chappell, who literally wrote the book on "Understanding .NET," has just put together a paper with lots of details on Microsoft's upcoming .NET Framework 3.0. .NET 3.0 provides common foundations for workflow, Web services messaging, and presentation layer. Until earlier this summer, the...
- Tags: Windows Presentation, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Blog posts 2006-08-02
- Identity for the Internet, Windows and Skype - oh my!
- Three loosely coupled bits of news floated around yesterday; interesting enough to spark my interest in taking a look at each of them:1. OSIS link Internet identity systems: "OSIS" stands for "Open source identity selector" and is a truly significant development as Phil Windley pointed out. Its server-side work is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live ID, identity, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Tech-Ed Offers Previews of Powerful Tools
- At Microsoft's Tech-Ed 2006 conference in Boston in June 2006 the pre-conference keynote discussed little of importance to developers - which was a good thing, as many attendees didn't arrive in time to hear it. Despite that, the breakout sessions contained plenty for developers to get excited about. Name changes,...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Jupitermedia Corp., Tool, Monad, Content Management, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
- White papers 2006-06-14
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: "InfoCard": Introduction (Level 200)
- Password fatigue and online fraud is a growing problem that is shaking users' confidence in the safety and security of the Internet. "InfoCard" is the code name for a new technology from Microsoft that helps address the problem of managing and disclosing identity information. "InfoCard" implements the core of the...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Webcasts 2006-06-11
- Step-by-Step Guide to InfoCard
- InfoCard is not the "Son of Passport" that some in the media seem to fear. Passport is a single identity system and, as such, naturally fits into the metasystem as one of many technologies available to InfoCard users. But unlike the old days when Passport was being positioned as the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Passport, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2006-05-01
- A First Look at InfoCard
- In this paper, the author introduces the reader to a system that the author truly hopes will be a uniting force for identity on the Web. It's called InfoCard, and it's planned to be available with Windows Vista. In this paper, the author talks about InfoCard purely in the domain...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Higgins and Vendor Sports
- A few days ago IBM, Novell, and Harvard's Berkman Center announced the Higgins Project. Higgins is a "user-centric identity" system that will be open source and managed by the Eclipse Foundation. When we held the Internet Identity Workshop last October, Paul Trevithick spoke about Higgins (listen...
- Tags: Higgins, Higgins Project
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- Microsoft's InfoCard draws open-source response
- Microsoft's InfoCard draws open-source responseMicrosoft's InfoCard draws open-source responseMore linux companies playing follow the leader. Either way don't you love competition? Microsoft makes one product, then open source makes a competitor and let the best product win.InfoCard is just copying, but, we need to have something identifiable asan...
- Tags: Now Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows CardSpace, open source, open-source response
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
- InfoCards on the Vista horizon
- Speaking at the RSA conference in San Jose, Bill Gates said that he now has the right weapons to supplant the password for verifying identities over the next few years. Vista will include InfoCards, technology that gives users the capability to manage authentication and payment information. Note: It's not Passport...
- Tags: Infocards, Microsoft Windows CardSpace
- Blog posts 2006-02-14
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