On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:05:21AM +0800, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote: > > Hmmm. Think shades of Passport. > > > not really, the idea of central authentication has been around since they > age of multics and mainframes. this is an old idea. M$ is just popularizing > it now since they never really thought of it before since they were a > desktop (toy) operating system (and probably still is). NIS has been > in existence since the ancient unix days.
actually the Passport analogy is not entirely correct, since Microsoft's vision for Passport is to act as a central auth system for its partners that are not necessarily under the same administration. for instance: http://www.passport.com/Business/Default.asp?lc=1033 By implementing Passport on your site, you can: Increase traffic by simplifying the sign-in and registration process. Improve customer retention by delivering personalized content based on core Passport profile data. Increase your sales by simplifying the purchase process. Offer easy, more secure sign-in and purchasing to millions of Passport members. Oh since Passport is apparently now under .NET, maybe there should be a dotGNU equivalent? I don't with dotGNU but it comes into the radar when I do work with Jabber. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
