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Definition: Microsoft Passport
See Windows Live ID.
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Liberty allies send out first specs
Sun and its partners in the Liberty Alliance release the lead-out version of their Web authentication standard, a rival to Passport. But the group's no longer at war with Microsoft.
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Microsoft Passport targets credit cards
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Mistaken identities
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Customers wary of online IDs
A new Gartner study indicates that despite compulsory sign-up programs, consumers aren't interested in online identity and authentication accounts--and they won't be anytime soon.
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Showdown looms over Passport
In testimony for Microsoft, a key MSN exec rebuffs allegations made by states' witnesses that Passport is intrinsically linked to .Net.
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Sun responds to Mundie's Liberty slur
Sun Microsystems' CTO Hal Stern retorts that Microsoft's Passport database fails to represent purchasing power due to the level of duplication between its different interfaces.
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Java-based Passport: Contender or pretender
Entering the authentication systems battle between Sun and Microsoft, Australia's BuyItOnline releases JPassport--claiming it to be the first Java-based version of Microsoft's Passport.
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Sun's Schwartz: 'Microsoft can't be trusted'
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Liberty: Much more than zero
Six months after saying the Liberty Alliance had "zero chance of mattering," Steve Ballmer might be eating his words as corporate heavyweights keep queuing up to enlist in the Alliance.
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Alliance-Passport rivalry heats up
Alliance boasts an all-star roster, but Passport is already up and running in what's shaping up to be a knock-down, drag-out struggle for federated security.
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Who do you trust?
Members of the recently formed Liberty Alliance are banking on the fact that it's not Microsoft.
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Single sign-on--harder than it sounds
Single Internet sign-on sounds like a great idea. But the practical technology problems of making it work are nothing to sneeze at.
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Privacy: A house of cards?
While there's no such thing as a risk-free security scheme when it comes to securing your privacy or that of your customers, the degree of risk you assume does vary...
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Your stolen Passport
Microsoft's Passport, a core piece of .NET, could make you prone to identity theft. A single sign-on might be convenient, but a simple worm could easily nab your name and password.
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Your stolen Passport
Microsoft's Passport, a core piece of .NET, could make you prone to identity theft. A single sign-on might be convenient, but a simple worm could easily nab your name and password.
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