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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."

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  1. What's wrong with... by lawpoop · · Score: 5, Interesting
    PGP for online transactions? Heck, even stupid stuff like bulletin boards and slashdot. I'm sick of having to make up new user ids and secure passwords for every freakin' site on the web. Why not just let everyone post PGP signed messages?

    Seriously, I'm not asking in jest. Is there a problem with the technology as it stands?

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  2. .NET Passport helps you sell out your children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Kids Passport helps participating sites and services obtain parental consent to collect, use, or disclose a child's personal information. You or your child can register his or her .NET Passport account."

    As opposed to "...will ensure children's personal information is kept confidential...".

  3. sourceid.org by Ized · · Score: 5, Informative

    Incase somebody is wondering where the open-source implementation of Ping ID is hiding, it's here:
    Sourceid.org

  4. Here's how it actually works by bjpirt · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why is there no link to the actual ping identity website in the submission?

  5. Re:About time too by oexeo · · Score: 5, Funny

    > There's no way I can keep track of the 200-odd different passwords I have

    Don't worry, I keep track of all your passwords for you

  6. Re:single logon means.. by IO+ERROR · · Score: 5, Insightful
    single login to phish.

    And how many people use the same username and password everywhere already? There are so many websites out there, each wanting you to sign up, that it's impossible for any human to memorize hundreds of usernames and passwords. They all wind up being the same, or very close to the same. Or worse, they get written down on a piece of paper under the keyboard.

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