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Challenges in Distributing a National ID
Some argue that, for government efficiency, Japan should simply use the Basic Resident Register Network to distribute national IDs without delay. Certainly, if they could be distri…
The Haraguchi 5 Principles and OpenID
The “Haraguchi 5 Principles on Identification Numbers” have been announced. Principle 1: The system must protect the rights of citizens The number is intended to protect citizens…
ITU-T’s Definition of Identity Management
I think this is a pretty good definition, so I am making a note of it here. For ITU-T purposes, the identity asserted by an entity represents the uniqueness of that entity in a spe…
OpenID vs. OAuth
It is often said that OpenID is for authentication and OAuth is for authorization. This was originally something that people involved with OAuth in the United States started saying…
U.S. OpenID Foundation Begins 2010
Today, the U.S. OpenID Foundation held its first board meeting of 2010. The main topics today were deciding the committee structure for this term, appointing the officers for this…
Summary of the OAuth Wrap Web App Profile
I put together a sequence diagram of the OAuth Wrap Web App Profile. # I wish something like this were included in the spec itself… Notes:
openid.net SVN Repositories
A note because I keep forgetting. SVN: Use http://svn.openid.net/repos/specifications for checkout. Incidentally, there are currently repositories on GitHub and Bitbucket as well.…
Identity Impersonation Cases
Today’s Nikkei Business Online included an article entitled: “The Utterly Absurd ‘Identity Impersonation Case’” It tells the story of Luo Caixia, a student at Tia…
Amazon Uses OpenID Internally?!
Apparently, Amazon seems to be using OpenID internally. http://bit.ly/6NE1p http://bit.ly/7kirD Go and take a look. The URL parameters are set to OpenID. (Source: http://twi…
Invitation to the Kantara Initiative Launch Commemorative Seminar
On June 17, 2009, the Kantara Initiative, an open community created to promote the adoption and expansion of identity management technologies, was launched. The Kantara Initiative…