[OpenID] openid 2.1 and geneva - XRI?

[Andrew Arnott]

I can't speak officially for Microsoft and I have no special internal
knowledge of the geneva project. But I for one as a Microsoft insider
am working hard to increase adoption around OpenID at Microsoft.

On Sunday, May 17, 2009, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Peter. Clearly even within the OpenID community, language can be a challenge.
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> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Peter Williams <pwilliams at rapattoni.com> wrote:
> I was hoping to see openid "at least mentioned" in the latest work from microsoft on its core identity management platform. Bit disappointed that it's not. Id have expected at least a v0 effort, to showcase that the architecture can gateway openid messages, as well as it gateways all the other largely-equivalent protocols.
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> I agree. I don't know if Mike Jones or anyone else with Micrsoft wants to comment, but looking over the Geneva project site [1] and the "End to End Trust" microsite [2], I'm dismayed (though not surprised) at the lack of acknowledgement of OpenID. I mean, given MSFT's involvement in the OIDF, I would be curious if they have some kind of roadmap for integrating OpenID, or if they're relegating it to certain limited applications for community cred only.
>
> Consider this video (wmv only, sorry):
> http://tr.im/geneva_wmv
> I think the use cases that are presented are very compelling [3], but seem to require existing within a completely Microsoft stack.
>
> While some elements within MSFT are moving in a positive direction [4], I'm confused by the seemingly schizophrenic approach with Cardspace and OpenID. What's the dilly? Are they committed or not? And, furthermore, what needs to happen with OpenID so that it becomes more of a cornerstone technology with their security offerings (like Forefront [5])?
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> Chris
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> [1] http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/geneva/en/us/[2] http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/endtoendtrust/
> [3] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10223686-83.html[4] http://cooney.typepad.com/lauren_cooneys_blog/2009/05/fighting-the-good-fight-for-the-community-and-how-you-can-help.html
> [5] http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/en/us/default.aspx
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