but it isn't the credential that magically enables all of that. it is the business process behind what the credential represents that is the actual enabler; as well as any trust in those background business processes. That is totally separate from the additional burden represented by establishing trust in the credentially process itself.
the credendtial just is used to represent the background business process in an offline environment when there isn't direct access to the real online business process. much of the world has been migrating to online, all-the-time, everywhere for sometime. The majority of the world today in financial related activities of value are using online operations that directly link to the background business processes in real time. Directly connecting to the background business processes in real time for things of value makes the stale representation of the credential redundant and superfluous. Typically a credential can only represent a stale, much restricted subset of information that is of interest in any transaction involving value. Such value transactions typically are interested in not only the subset of the information that might be represented by the (stale) credential but also timely information that involves things like aggregation and current status. It is left to operations of no value and either incapable or not justified use of online environment (with timely and/or aggregated) information that credentials can find a market niche. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/20/2002 8:17 am wrote: Or put in another way .... A credential issued through a global trust-network of banks A credential allowing organizations to safely open their intranets to the Internet A credential eliminating the ocean of passwords that plague users and help-desks A credential that when revoked disables all access A credential that when reissued restores all access A credential that is conveniently carried in a mobile phone A credential that allows you to pay, bank, identify, B2B, e-Gov etc. ... could maybe be worth some $25-$50 / Year Anders
