Silicon.com: Open Source ID Projects Cosy Up to Microsoft | Linux Today

Silicon.com: Open Source ID Projects Cosy Up to Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2007

“The Higgins and Bandit open source projects are claiming a
milestone in the development of open source identity services with
a link to a new Microsoft identity system.

“Backers of Higgins and Bandit plan to demonstrate an early
version of an application at the RSA Conference in San Francisco
which shows open source identity services that are interoperable
with Microsoft’s Windows CardSpace and can enable Liberty
Alliance-based identity federation via Novell Access Manager, a
commercial Novell product…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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