Alexei@Nitobi

Boris Mann, a fellow Vancouverite, is talking to us about what he learned in San Fran at the Identity Workshop (Here at TorCamp 2.0). Thanks to Boris for a really informative talk!

Usernames and Passwords suck! Having to register is a barrier to entry. Its also insecure.

Before you get started reading.. here is another great comparison (although its from one of the providers)

SAML – Security Assertion Markup Language
    – Big and crazy
    – Enterprise focused.. super complex
    – Java or C implementations
    – No Scripty  implementations
    – WS* components

OpenID
    – Plugins for Ruby, PHP, Perl, etc
    – YADIS – Yet Another Digital Identity System

SXIP – Simple Extensible Identity Protocoll (Dick Hardt)
    – DIX – Digital Identity Exchange
    – SAML compliant – projectliberty.org
    – Extensible
    – Multiple accounts per person
    – User Centric Identity – You are in control of what you pass to other systems (you being the user)
    – Plugins for wordpress and movable type?

Microsoft InfoCard
    – Will Ship with Vista
    – Windows XP version too
    – SmartPhone, Mac extensibility
    – IE7 will communicate with your desktop using InfoCard on registrations etc
    – Visual metaphores like business cards
    – Will be built around desktop apps
       – Will probably be Firefox plugins too

I might not quite have the concept yet – but these seem to be divergent from the MS model in that the information is not all channelled through a single provider channel (IE: Microsoft) – helps with adoption, but it seems to me that users need to be made aware of where and how their information is being used.. they need to be educated about the model.. this is a marketing task.

It seems like another marketing requirement for this is to make users feel as though they are in control.. not the vendor or provider.

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