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Perspectives.on10.net: podcast interview with Jon Udell on identity &...
Jon Udell recently launched a new interesting format on the website perspectives.on10.net.Perspectives is a series of in-depth conversations with passionate innovators. Most work for Microsoft; some...
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New version of the Biztalk Services SDK available, now with support for...
Almost one year ago I briefly mentioned the Biztalk Service SDK, here and here. A new version has recently been made available: you would not believe the amount of new features that were added to it in...
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Podcast on "Understanding Windows CardSpace" at SearchWinDevelopment.com
Few weeks ago Caleb and I had a nice phone interview with Jack Vaughan, during which we gave a short intro to CardSpace and mentioned the book; the result is a 6 mins podcast (available here).Thanks...
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The PDF of Chapter 2 is on MSDN
The Cardspace landing page on MSDN has now a reference (link at the very top) to a PDF copy of the chapter 2 of "Understanding Windows CardSpace", which features the series layout for side comments...
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RSA Wrapup
Well, I really really enjoyed going to RSA. As I foresaw, more than the event itself I really appreciated the chance of meeting with very smart people: the Concordia and the OSIS events were truly...
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All your tokens are belong to us?
Kim just posted a great piece about "an account this week describing an attack on the use of CardSpace within Internet Explorer". I won't add anything, because his post is just perfect as it is: I...
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Active, Passive and Passive-Aggressive
Ahh, terminology: joy and sorrow of our kind. There are some expressions that are very catchy and we use all the time, but that do not always serve well the purpose of communicating our thoughts. Take...
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Information Card Foundation
No, Harry Seldon has nothing to do with it :-)The establishment of the Information Card Foundation is a milestone in the road of a better Internet.In their own words:Information Cards are the new way...
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Validation, Authentication, Authorization: mangling tokens for your dark...
Flying back from S.Diego, after attending a great edition of Catalyst. I should probably write down my impressions before they fade, like it happened with the IIW, but there's in fact something (only...
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How often should you ask for a token?
On the Seattle-Paris flight. I've just posted the piece about validation-authentication-authorization, and i am a bit bothered by the fact that I was unable to delve into greater details for what...
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New home for Windows CardSpace on microsoft.com
One year ago we had a brief wall-to-wall exchange with Keith about the need of having consumer (as non-developer) info about CardSpace. The Information Card Foundation is doing a great job at handling...
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Announcing the Beta release of “Zermatt” Developer Identity Framework
Ahh, I’ve been looking forward for this post for a looong time. We just made available for download the bits of the Beta of “Zermatt” Developer Identity Framework. “Zermatt” is the codename of a .NET...
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Setting up a quick & dirty STS which supports smartcard backed managed...
Just back from vacation. The tan barely started to fade, and here I am already playing with the new shiny toy :-). Did you experiment with Zermatt by now? As Kim mentions the samples (and the...
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Issuing smartcard backed managed cards... using Zermatt
We are back! I hope you had fun with the STS tutorial I posted yesterday night; here we move a step further and examine how to equip our STS with managed card issuance logic & UI.As anticipated,...
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2 new great reviews for our book, and status after 1/2 year of availability
It's since April that I don't write about the book (at the time we released the entire Chapter 2 on MSDN). Last week I received notice that 2 new reviews were published: one is from the Denver Visual...
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The New York Times on passwords, OpenID, Information Cards Foundation & Kim
I was dividing my attention between the Scrubs special on TV & Digg on my PC, when an article titled "Experts: Passwords May Not Be a Good Online Defense" caught my eye: well, couldn't agree...
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Setting up a basic CardSpace RP ASP.NET website... using Zermatt
With few weeks of delay I finally forced in my schedule the conclusion of my little getting started series "... using Zermatt" (links to former episodes: setting up an STS for smartcard-backed managed...
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New Issue of the Architecture Journal: Article on "Claims and Identity,...
The latest issue of the Architecture Journal is available for download here (I am breaking the news even before the rest of the pages are updated from issue 15 to issue 16: see how much I care about...
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Windows CardSpace helps Eduserve to fuel DreamSpark authentication
I am sure you are all more than familiar with DreamSpark, the amazing (YES, amazing. Bravo Milo!) offer through which Microsoft gives access to developer & designer tools at no charge. That...
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Visual Studio web project template for Zermatt... and your CardSpace RP...
You would not believe how often I have to set up identity enabled web sites: for verifying a theory, for proving a point with colleagues, for demos and events... really really often. Vast majority of...
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