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- OpenID
- An identity system for the Web that lets people use a single username and password to log in and authenticate themselves to OpenID-compliant Web sites. OpenID is a free...
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- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?I don't think so. Every OpenID is also a URL that means the use of OpenID naturally requires the services of VeriSign’s DNS.Just because DNS is used to resolve a part of the URL (the openid.org part for example) doesn't mean...
- Tags: Domain names, OpenID
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?
- I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...
- Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?
- Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?Translation..."Less attractive is allowing users from other sites to log into your services...."Translated: it's a security risk. From the business' standpoint, they want to own the user. But also...they would have to trust the credentials coming in from an external issuer,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenID, security, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?
- TechMeme is reporting that Microsoft, Google, Verisign, and IBM have all joined the OpenID board. Yahoo and Google are involved or getting involved with OpenID. But that's not enough. As Michael Arlington at Techcrunch points out: But it's not clear that any of them are...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., TechMeme, OpenID, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Google, IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign join Yahoo on OpenID
- Google, IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign join Yahoo on OpenIDWhere's Amazon?Great news, but where is Amazon Web Services on OpenID? They need to bring out a service to their 300,000 strong developer community ASAP. More on my blog:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/where-is-amazon-on-openid/Best,BWSingle point of failure...I don't want it...Thanks, but no thanks! I'll...
- Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, OpenID, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., VeriSign Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- openid: The once and future enterprise Single Sign-On?
- openid: The once and future enterprise Single Sign-On?Well, that's historyObviously, this will be one of the first things to go under the new management. Microsoft already has their online identity roadmap, and this isn't it.Federated identity: B2C or B2B?You'd have thought that the lack of an open standards process...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Phishing, SECURITY, VeriSign Inc., Yahoo! Inc., OpenID, openID, single sign-on, future enterprise
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- OpenID for unlocking enterprise value
- OpenID for unlocking enterprise valueI think it's more conservatism and trust issues rather than economics.I'm not sure he has a completely solid handle on the economics, really. Sounds to me like he's inventing his economics as he goes along.I'm not sure economics is really to blame for the apparent lack...
- Tags: OpenID, conservatism
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- OpenID for unlocking enterprise value
- Neville Hobson's views on OpenID struck a chord:It seems to me that OpenID is still a very early-adoption technology, the domain of serious geeks and tech enthusiasts.Well, I'm as enthusiastic as the next geek but I just don't really get OpenID yet.Since reading Neville's piece, I've been trying to contextualize...
- Tags: Groupware, Dennis Howlett, OpenID, Plaxo Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Social Graphs and Identity Systems
- Brad Fitzpatrick, one of the creators of OpenID, has a paper on the social graph problem that posits an open social graph that records public data about relationships as the basis for other social networks. It's worth reading.As Dave Winer points out, even though Brad is right, many people...
- Tags: Social Networking, Network, Identity System, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- If 'you' build OpenID, will 'they' come?
- In case you missed it last week, Microsoft is taking another swing at the idea of single sign-on technologies. Its first, Passport, failed miserably. Called Windows Live ID (following in the footsteps of everything else "Windows Live"), I guess you could call this "Son of Passport" or "Passport: The Sequel."...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Single Sign-on, Identity, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- If 'you' build OpenID, will 'they' come?
- If 'you' build OpenID, will 'they' come?TitlesFWIW, the "Airport" series of movies distinguished the sequels by date, thus "Airport '77"had a look at sxipper and trustIt's an openID provider that does a lot more. I've found there stuff pretty handy. One of the important things for me regarding Identity management...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, OpenID
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Digg gets more political; USA Today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....
- Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Fox News on Second Life; YouTube presidential campaign; Explode adds new features; and more
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Fox News does a hit job on Second Life and John Edwards unofficial virtual campaign. Kirsten Powers in her first video blog for the news channel reports on Second Life,...
- Tags: Politics 2.0, Second Life, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Widgets, YouTube
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Netvibes to make widgets universal; Digg to support OpenID; YouTube outsources filtering; MyBlogLog bans user
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week...Digg to support OpenID. Earlier in the week, speaking at the Future of Web Apps FOMA conference in the UK, Diggs Kevin Rose announced that the site will soon support...
- Tags: YouTube, MySpace, Widgets, Digg, The Social Web weekly
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- AOL and OpenID
- AOL and OpenIDbe fairyou cite Google for not supporting open standards while ignoringhttp://code.google.com/apis/apps-for-your-domain/sso/saml_reference_implementation.htmland- http://code.google.com/enterprise/documentation/authn_authz_spi.html
- Tags: OpenID, America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- AOL and OpenID
- John Panzer works in AOLs identity group. On Valentines Day, he announced that AOL is supporting OpenID, a URL-based, open standard for user-centric identity on the Net. This works not just for AOL accounts, but AIM screennames as well. So, if your...
- Tags: General, Security
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more
- The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- 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
- The case for OpenID
- The case for OpenIDIPR infringement ref TADAG.comWho's pulling the strings here? This is a straight rip of TADAG.com that was presented to senior Microsoft security personnel in 2004. Fortunately, it's fully documented. I've asked for contact BEFORE the lawyers get involved.RE: The case for OpenIDOpenID providers should be providing mobile-friendly...
- Tags: OpenID
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- 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
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