OpenID Connect Implementer’s Draft Review
OpenID Connect is a simple identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0. It enables clients to verify the identity of and to obtain basic profile information about an end-user. It uses RESTful protocols and JSON data structures to provide a low barrier to entry. The design philosophy behind OpenID Connect is “make simple things...
Disintermediation: an Amazon parable
A spine tingling story with a sequel about reusable identities
AD FS 2.0 Interop Step-By-Step Guide: IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
Microsoft has published the fifth in a series of step-by-step guides on configuring AD FS 2.0 to interoperate with partner products. This guide describes how to configure AD FS 2.0 and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. The guide is available in HTML format and soon also Word and...
AD FS 2.0 Interop Step-By-Step Guide: Ping Identity PingFederate
Microsoft has published the fourth in a series of step-by-step guides on configuring AD FS 2.0 to interoperate with partner products. This guide describes how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Ping Identity PingFederate to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. The guide is available in Word and PDF formats and also HTML. Thanks again...
AD FS 2.0 Interop Step-By-Step Guide: Shibboleth 2 and the InCommon Federation
Microsoft has published the third in a series of step-by-step guides on configuring AD FS 2.0 to interoperate with partner products. This guide describes how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Shibboleth to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. There is also an appendix on federating with the InCommon Federation. The guide is available in...
Why are we waiting?
The European Commission has announced plans for Europe to play a leading part in developing and managing interconnected networks formed from everyday objects with radio frequency identity (RFID) tags embedded in them - the so-called "internet of things".
...When I touch my phone to the poster to find out more about The Glastonbury Festival (this...
AD FS 2.0 Interop Step-By-Step Guide: Oracle Identity Federation
Microsoft has published the second in a series of step-by-step guides on configuring AD FS 2.0 to interoperate with partner products. This guide describes how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Oracle Identity Federation 11.1.1.2, as delivered in Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.3, to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. The guide is available in HTML...
Using Consumer Identities for Business Interactions
Medtronic, PayPal, Southworks, and Microsoft recently worked together to demonstrate the ability for people to use their PayPal identities for participating in a Medtronic medical device trial, rather than having to create yet another username and password. Furthermore, the demo showed the use of verified claims, where the name, address, birth date, and gender claims...
Identity Interop at Catalyst San Diego, July 2010
I’ll be participating in an Open Identity for Business Interop being held by OSIS at Catalyst in San Diego this month. This multi-protocol interop event includes exercising the US Government identity profiles developed as part of the Open Identity Solutions for Open Government initiative. Microsoft is hosting testing endpoints using AD FS 2.0 and the...
