Slightly off-topic from the original post but...

The company I used to work for are implementing liberty alliance as
part of a new platform, so I guess there are implementations
available, but since they were using IBM (one of the members of
liberty) as a consultancy for it I would imagine that they have access
to things non-members don't.

I saw a working demo of the technology at an XML conference where a
chap from Nokia authenticated using the platform ( on a series 60
handset) to an AOL website. I think Nokia are going to include the
technology on their phones, as it's an ideal solution to mobile
billing problems.

For those that dont know, Liberty Alliance is an XML based system to
identify a user across multiple providers without actually knowing who
the user is, and allowing the user to specify what information they
would like each provider to know.

Rob.


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:15:23 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:16:00 +1100, Taryn East > * Mike MacCana
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> > > Do you have a Kerberos server (KDC)? Their web client (IE/FF) could send
> > > a kerberos ticket for authentication,  and get access in a secure
> > > fashion without prompting them for anything.
> 
> This question reminded me of the Liberty Alliance
> (http://www.projectliberty.org)
> - as far as I got it, the Liberty Alliance is just about such
> cross-site authentication.
> 
> Does anyone know if they have anything concerete to work with beyond
> the papers they put until today? The only link with a promising label is about
> a member-donated "SecureID.Java" implementation in the "Developer Resources"
> page.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --Amos
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