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E-commerce Single Sign-On Not Dead Yet

Posted by timothy on from the he'll-have-to-do-a-lot-of-convincing dept.

FullyIonized writes "A few years ago Microsoft's Passport technology made headlines as Microsoft predicted e-commerce nirvana and conspiracists predicted a new Big Brother. Not to be outdone, Sun spearheaded the Liberty Alliance . Years later, I still don't have a single sign-on, not that that's a bad thing. Enter Andre Durand who started his first business with BBS software, then headed up Jabber, and now has started Ping Identity. The big distinction: the federated identity software is open-source. The Denver Post has the story."

3 of 200 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Don't read this by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why do you even bother to post? Why am I even bothering to reply? *sigh*

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    Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'.
  2. Maybe not dead, but... by Per+Wigren · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Korea, E-commerce Single Sign-On is for the elderly.

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    My other account has a 3-digit UID.
  3. Korean joke by JaF893 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Korea, Single Sign-On is only used by old people!