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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

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

New Outlook to give spammers the boot

...Federal Trade Commission complaint regarding privacy and security problems with the Passport online authentication system. And the new spam-blocking feature isn't Microsoft's... Read more

1 November, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

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 discloses more Windows code

...Microsoft had violated its own privacy policies with regard to Passport, an online authentication system. The FTC also faulted Microsoft for potential security problems with... Read more

28 August, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Settlement means sweeping changes to Passport

...Passport last summer, said agency chairman Timothy Muris. Passport is Microsoft's online authentication system, which allows customers to use single sign-in to access... Read more

9 August, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft settles over Passport privacy

...s not only good business, it's the law." Microsoft's Passport online authentication system lets people access multiple Web services with a single sign... Read more

8 August, 2002 by Declan McCullagh and Sandeep Junnarkar

Tech giants partner on security standard

Microsoft, IBM and VeriSign are due to release a new encryption specification called WS-Security, and plan five more within the next 18 months Read more

11 April, 2002 by Wylie Wong

Passport glitch hits Microsoft game site

...s glitch was related to The Zone switching over to the Passport online authentication system. Last month, numerous Zone users, including paying subscribers for games... Read more

30 January, 2002 by David Becker

Microsoft takes Passport to Washington

...violation of Section 5 of the FTC act. Passport is Microsoft's online authentication system, using a single sign-in to access multiple Web services... Read more

23 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox and Stefanie Olsen

Privacy groups turn up heat on Windows XP, Passport

...the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Passport is Microsoft's online authentication system that is used for logging in to multiple Web sites... Read more

16 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

New Outlook to give spammers the boot

...Federal Trade Commission complaint regarding privacy and security problems with the Passport online authentication system. And the new spam-blocking feature isn't Microsoft's... Read more

1 November, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft-FTC settle over Passport

...Passport last summer, said agency chairman Timothy Muris. Passport is Microsoft's online authentication system, which allows customers to use single sign-in to access... Read more

9 August, 2002 by silicon.com staff

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