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<p class=MsoNormal>As <a
href="http://openid.net/2008/12/31/pape-approved-as-an-openid-specification/">announced
on OpenID.net</a>, PAPE has been approved by the OpenID Foundation membership
as an OpenID specification. This is significant both because it completes
the development of the first specification under the OpenID IPR Process and
because of the security improvements that it will enable. I’d like
to take this opportunity to thank my fellow working group members for getting
us to this point, and especially David Recordon who got the ball rolling on
PAPE last year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My personal perspectives on the promise of PAPE are at <a
href="http://self-issued.info/?p=98">http://self-issued.info/?p=98</a>.
As I wrote there, the real value will come when PAPE is widely deployed an
phishing-resistant authentication is widespread and commonplace. Let the
deployments begin!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> --
Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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