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A New Era of Inter-University Collaboration Opened Up by the Academic Access Management Federation
from NII Today: Academic Access Management Federation No.58 Dec. 2012 Overview of the Academic Access Management Federation The Academic Access Management Federation (commonly know…
JSON Metadata for OAuth 2.0 Responses
I have just published a new Internet Draft (I-D). It concerns the hyperlinked OAuth that I discussed at IETF 85. At the meeting, someone pointed out that “_links” could represent n…
In Memoriam: Aki Yashiro — “Fly Me to the Moon: On Aki Yashiro’s ‘Songs Around Midnight’”
At the end of 2023, the great singer of yesteryear, Aki Yashiro, passed away at the age of 73. What a terrible loss at such a young age. I had hoped she would show us the musical b…
My Number and Privacy: Identifiers and Excess Risk
In the previous article, “My Number and Privacy: Requirements for Identifiers,” I wrote as follows. Next, as a hypothetical example, consider a common number for taxation and socia…
Will the Ministry of Defense Establish a “Cyberspace Defense Unit”?
It appears that the Ministry of Defense requested funding to establish a “Cyberspace Defense Unit” in its budget request for fiscal Heisei 25. According to reports, “The Ministry o…
On the SAML/OpenID Comparison Table in IPA’s “Identity Management Technology Guide”
On August 9, the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) released a draft of a textbook titled “Identity Management Technology Guide” [1]. The 8 edition is still a dra…
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