[LINK] Microsoft's passport sign-on system will work on rival sites

[Tony Barry]

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Source:Edupage, September 21, 2001

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MICROSOFT'S PASSPORT SIGN-ON SYSTEM WILL WORK ON RIVAL SITES
Microsoft plans to announce that its Passport authentication
software will be compatible with similar products from rival
suppliers. One such offering is MIT's Kerberos 5.0, which the
Internet Engineering Task Force has standardized. This development
follows a wave of criticism that Microsoft's intention to bundle
Passport with its Windows XP operating system would make the
company a dominant force in e-commerce. Microsoft countered that
interoperability between authentication software is necessary if
e-commerce is to prosper. "We do not want to be the one
authentication scheme across the Internet," said Microsoft's
Robert Muglia. Passport is designed to facilitate Web services
that allow users to store information online.
(New York Times, 20 September 2001)
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