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JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint Has Been Published as RFC 7638
“JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint,” for which Mike Jones and I are credited as co-authors, has been published as [RFC 7638]. This specification defines a method for calculating a stab…
Call for Presentations Opens for OpenID Summit Tokyo 2015
On November 10, OpenID Summit Tokyo 2015 will be held in Iidabashi, Tokyo. The Call for Presentations has now opened[1]. Each presentation will be allotted 20 minutes (15 minutes p…
The XARA Vulnerabilities in MacOS X and iOS
This afternoon (June 18), GigaZine published a sensational article titled “Vulnerability Found That Allows iCloud, Email, and Browser-Saved Passwords to Be Stolen on iOS and OS X;…
How “Numbers” Should Be Designed: Reflections on the Pension Number Leak
Regarding the pension number leak, apparently “all leaked numbers will be changed”. Personally, all I can think is, “Oh dear.” As I wrote in yesterday’s article, if operated approp…
U.S. Real Estate Industry Adopts OpenID Connect for Web API Authentication
According to a report by Peter Williams[1], the U.S. real estate industry appears to have decided to adopt OpenID Connect for Web API authentication. I did not know this, but the r…
JWS and JWT Are Now RFCs!
It took a very long time[1], but JSON Web Signature (JWS) and JSON Web Token (JWT) have finally become Standards Track RFCs[2]. They are [RFC 7515] and [RFC 7519], respectively. Fo…
Implementations by Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Nomura Research Institute, and Others Pass OpenID Connect Conformance Tests
(Figure 1) OpenID Certified logo On the 22nd local time, the U.S.-based OpenID® Foundation announced its self-certification program for the conformance of OpenID Connect implementa…
【Amendment of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information】Obligation to Keep Records of Third-Party Provision【Part 2】
Now, regarding the obligation to keep records of third-party provision that I pointed out on 3/12[1], I subsequently learned a great deal from people at the Cabinet Secretariat…
President Obama Taps David Recordon as the White House’s “Director of Information Technology (?)”
This is somewhat old news. My colleagues and I had quite a lively discussion about it on Friday morning Japan time, but I had no time on Friday. Then I became ill and slept until j…
Has the Wheel Become Round?—The Maturity and Trends of Identity-Related Standards
The title on the ID&IT website is still provisional, but tomorrow at the ANA Hotel I will give a roughly 30-minute speech titled “Has the Wheel Become Round?—The Maturity and T…
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