IBM to Open Source Novel Identity Protection Software

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 26, 2007 @09:18AM from the keeping-anyone-else-from-being-you dept.

coondoggie handed us a link to a Network World article reporting that IBM plans to open source the project 'Identity Mixer'. Developed by a Zurich-based research lab for the company, Identity Mixer is a novel approach to protecting user identities online. The project, which is a piece of XML-based software, uses a type of digital certificate to control who has access to identity information in a web browser. IBM is enthusiastic about widespread adoption of this technology, and so plans to open source the project through the Eclipse Open Source Foundation. The company hopes this tactic will see the software's use in commercial, medical, and governmental settings.

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Re:Open source simple? by Xtifr · 2007-01-26 10:06 · Score: 4, Insightful

Yeah, 'cause clearly, nothing is more secure than a closed source solution. Security by obscurity is the ONLY ANSWER! And advice on computer security by random slashdot posters is far more trustworthy than anything from a company that's been making secure systems for longer than most of us have been alive.