Then the authors present the conceptual work that forms the
basis of a new architecture: the laws of identity and the Identity
Metasystem. The explanation includes a look at how the new
architecture can be realized through web services.
Next comes a detailed analysis and explanation of the part of
the Metasystem that puts users in control of their identities??”the
???identity selector.??? This includes a detailed explanation of how
Information Cards work to turn digital identities into ???real??? visual
things. All three authors were involved in building and testing
out the ?¬?rst identity selector??”Windows CardSpace??”and so
have deep knowledge of the issues.
The book becomes progressively more concrete, with good
examples, and will be helpful to implementers, teachers, and
students. But, because of its breadth, I think that the more technical
policy makers will also bene?¬?t from the work, getting a
real sense for how digital identity atoms ?¬?t together into molecules.
I hope the chapter on the relying party will inspire people to
build websites that take full advantage of Information Cards to
deliver increased privacy and security.
Vittorio has a distinguished background in security matters and
put together many of the ?¬?rst big Information Card pilots.
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