User: elliotw

Re:Likelihood of .NET and hailstorm success is low

On: Authentication is the Key

If consumers are so uncomfortable with their data being on someone else's machine, then how do you explain the popularity of...

1. web-based e-mail (www.hotmail.com),
2. online storage services (photos.yahoo.com), and
3. financial portals (www.fool.com) where people enter their portfolio contents.

Re:Likelihood of .NET and hailstorm success is low

On: Authentication is the Key

If consumers are so uncomfortable with their data being on someone else's machine, then how do you explain the popularity of... 1. web-based e-mail (www.hotmail.com), 2. online storage services (photos.yahoo.com), and 3. financial portals (www.fool.com) where people enter their portfolio contents.

Re:First Party Cookies

On: IE6 to Implement W3C Privacy Standard

The Passport architecture supports exactly this kind of scenario. Read about how they do it here. You could either have your sites use Passport Single Sign-In, or try to implement something similar yourself.

Re:think about it

On: Napster Judge Groks Filename Variation

Why do you say it's not technically possible for Napster to comply with the ruling?

Digital fingerprinting technology can go a long way in identifying copyrighted material on Napster's servers. See the article at:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010421/tc/tech _n apster_dc_4.html

There are certainly ways to circumvent this, but circumvention is a lot more complicated than swapping letters in a file name.

Re:Then you can't register Visual C++

On: Microsoft's Passport: No Marylanders, Thanks

Send in the little registration card. The USPS does still exist.

NY Times URL for non-registered users

On: Portrait Of ICANN Chairwoman Esther Dyson

http:// partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/biztech/ar ticles/10dyso.html