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Tuesday January 04, 2005

You don't need your Passport anymore!

Well I don't think many of us were that surprised by the news that Microsoft has retired its Passport partner program following the recent news that EBay has decided to go its own route on sign on to its services.

I think any organisation would rather keep control of its own user population and be directly responsible for their authentication and security in some fashion, rather than giving control away to a 'gatekeeper' of some sort, regardless of who it might be.

A notable moment for the Liberty Alliance though, and a ratification that open standards once again prove to be the best way forward for all. IBM has joined Liberty recenty, will we shortly see Redmond signing paper too? Lets hope so, they could add quite a bit of expertise!

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