OpenID vs InfoCard
My good friend Kim Cameron posted the following misinformation on OpenID: InfoCards change the current model in which the user can be controlled by an…
Category: Identity Tech
Sun’s Open SSO – too little, too late?
Dana Blankenhorn from ZDNet wrote the following on Sun’s recent Open SSO announcement: Sun has released its Single Sign On technology under the CDDL giving…
The Future of Web Apps
I am giving a keynote in San Francisco at “The Future of Web Apps” September 13th on “The Emerging Age of Who”. Even if you…
What is the value of SSO to real users?
Recently this question was posted to the Identity Gang mailing list. It is a good question, as it makes sure that we are working on…
OpenID Bounty Program
A consortium of vendors including Sxip Identity, have launched a bounty program here at OSCON to encourage open source projects to add support for OpenID…
Identity 2.0 at AACRAO
Today I am giving the opening keynote at the AACRAO Technology Conference. AACRAO stands for American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Next to…
Google’s Identity Silo
Ben Laurie from Google responded to my post on Google Account Authentication: two steps forward, one step back. A few comments that I’d like to…
Identity 2.0 at IETF66
Yesterday was the WAE BOF at IETF66 The first item was Terminology. Here were some of the references for those interested: RFC 2828 Internet Security…
Is User-centric the best term for Identity 2.0?
There has been lots of discussion lately about what user-centric means, which led to wondering if it is the best term. Let’s step through the…
Google Checkout – the silo gets deeper
Hot on the heels of Google Accounts, is Google Checkout. You can provide your payment data to Google. I signed up and was happy to…