[OpenID] future of the higgins openid+cardspace proposed protocol

[Peter Williams]

Is folks comfortable with this positioning of Openid?



http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/what_the_heck_is_information_card_foundation.html



That statement really cuts to it. Based on the information that Microsoft provided and the nearly hour-long interview, I conclude this: ICF's main technological focus is top-layer infrastructure, which includes the main privacy and security metaphor and supporting protocols. Vendors would implement broader underpinning technologies, using guidelines and protocols adopted by ICF for the purpose of ensuring interoperability. Example: OpenID and Windows Live ID as authentication mechanisms used by different sites or services for different cards in the wallet.



Microsoft promised "support" (which doesn't necessarily mean compatibility with the current protocol/profiles just as they "supported" SAML by rolling their own SAML tokens and protocols)



One the one hand, the characterization preserves openid as the dominant culture in its "traditional space" (blogs, etc) but only there; on the other hand, openid is downgraded to a bit part as an(other) authentication mechanism.



On the one