Last week I wrote about how hCard is much more appropriate than OpenID for the provisioning use-case and Chris continued that discussion, questioning why we need SREG and Attribute Exchange when hCard works just fine. So the question is, when OpenID is clearly a player in the future and part of that promise is about […]
Tag Archives: shibboleth
Shibboleth definition
Perhaps the best definition of Shibboleth I’ve ever seen: Shibboleth loosely translated means, “Who the fuck are you?” - Dead Library
OpenID provider wish-list
A week or so ago, Nic Ferrier of prooveme contacted me about a previous post I made that referenced prooveme.com in regards to strong authentication. He ended the email, We’d like to be your provider of choice - so do tell us what you want to see. I had been meaning to post a reply […]
try { reuse; } catch (Ex) { reinvent; }
Earlier today, I wrote about the limitations of hCard primarily in regards to private data. After talking with Chris briefly and then reading Tantek’s thoughts on the topic, it clicked with me. I wouldn’t normally make two posts so close together about such similar topics, but I realize now these really are two different topics. […]
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