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Risky websites to be named and shamed

...insecure implementations of SSL, the encryption protocol that is widely used for online authentication. The 'Pulse' tool, part of the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), allows... Read more

25 April, 2012
HITRUST ID 1.1.1

HITRUST ID 1.1.1

...is used to generate a password that can be used to verify online authentication. HITRUST ID also supports HOTP standards for generating one-time-passwords... Read more

11 February, 2012
MyPW for iPhone 1.0

MyPW for iPhone 1.0

...customers who serve from one user to thousands. MyPW is an affordable online authentication service that enables one-time passwords via a simple and secure... Read more

25 August, 2010

Liberty Alliance adds tech muscle

...added a new member on Wednesday, boosting its efforts to establish an online authentication plan to compete with Microsoft's Passport online ID system. Bridgewater... Read more

29 August, 2002 by Sandeep Junnarkar

Indigo: The colour of Passport security?

...expected to unveil plans to beef up the security of its Passport online authentication service with middleware code-named Indigo. Microsoft is developing new middleware... Read more

23 October, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley

Sun releases open-source Liberty tool

...authentication. The Liberty Alliance Project is an effort to establish a universal online authentication system that serves as an alternative to Microsoft's proprietary Passport... Read more

19 September, 2002 by Wylie Wong

Microsoft increases Passport security

Customers signing up for Passport will no longer be able to use a bogus email address due to new security measures being introduced Read more

3 September, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Sun unveils Liberty-spec server software

...s Identity Server 6.0 software supports the Liberty Alliance standard for online authentication Read more

17 July, 2002 by Wylie Wong

Liberty Alliance unveiling spec

The rival to Microsoft's Passport online authentication system is to release its specification in the next few days... Read more

10 July, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft aims Passport at credit cards

...Litan said. So the Arcot partnership legitimises Microsoft's Passport as an online authentication technology. It also benefits the credit card companies because they can... Read more

9 July, 2002 by Wylie Wong

Liberty Alliance turns to ID checks

Industry body wants to develop standards to underpin authentication Read more

9 November, 2005 by Joris Evers

Liberty Alliance demos technology

RSA: The online indentity project held its first public interoperability demonstration at the RSA Conference Read more

16 April, 2003 by Peter Judge

Sun's Liberty gets US government backing

The US Department of Defense is to join the Liberty Alliance Project as part of a drive for greater online security Read more

6 March, 2003 by Jim Hu

Microsoft pulls out a new wallet

The current Passport e-wallet is to be phased out by March 2003 - but customers will need to re-register for the new service Read more

3 September, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Taking Liberty's word for it

Rupert Goodwins: As Microsoft and the Liberty Alliance show scant signs of trusting each other, should users be sceptical of federations of trust no matter who's behind them? Read more

16 July, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

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