[CLUE-Talk] Re: MS Passport Linux equivalent

[Grant Johnson]

That is what Passport is.  As far as I know, Hailstorm is the method for 
distributing personal information.  Such as:  You buy something at an 
online store, and are logged in to Passport, then they can get your 
shipping address from MS via Hailstorm, but I am not sure.

.Net is a common runtime for partially compiled code, like the Java JVM, 
but many languages, one platform instead of the Java one language, many 
platforms idea.  This sounds good because of being able to take the 
languages you already know, and mix them with the languages someone else 
already knows, then distribute the processing of those modules to the 
client machines, but it doesn't quite work.  First, there is a steep 
learning curve, even on languages you already know because of the common 
runtime, you need to reduce all languages to the least common 
denominator.  Second, it is a JIT setup, which means that a lot of the 
Java performance problems are there, without the advantages.

The concept of distributable, discrete modules is a good one, especially 
if the whole grid computing thing catches on, but cross platform will 
probably be more important than cross language.

Kevin Cullis wrote:

>Grant,
>
>Thanks for the "Executive Summary" of Passport, what you said will go a
>long way to getting the word out to the PHB's as to what's going on.
>
>Now, if we can only find those white papers .....  :-0
>
>Kevin
>
>Grant Johnson wrote:
>
>>Passport is a single point authentication service.  It allows a
>>variety of companies, applications, and websites to authenticate
>>identity through a single point (MS) using a slightly modified, just
>>incompatible version of Kerberos.
>>
>>Sean LeBlanc wrote:
>>
>>>On 03-11 20:24, Mike Benavides wrote:
>>>
>>>>I like to question how much personel information you have to give
>>>>Microsoft
>>>>to get a Passport account.  What do they do with all that
>>>>information? What
>>>>happened to our personel freedom.  If we are to believe MS, they
>>>>are not
>>>>gathering any information yet.  That is what the .NET monster and
>>>>Hailstorm
>>>>is all about.  The net will not truely be free with out us.....
>>>>
>>>What exactly IS Passport, anyway? I always find it hard(and
>>>annoying) to wade through a
>>>company's BS marketing terms for things that already have
>>>well-defined terms
>>>in the industry. Is Passport something that provides single-sign on
>>>capability? Something else to do with authentication/authorization?
>>>Any good
>>>third-party FAQs or whitepapers?
>>>
>