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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.<br>
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Sean LeBlanc wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 03-11 20:24, Mike Benavides wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I like to question how much personel information you have to give Microsoft <br>to get a Passport account. What do they do with all that information? What <br>happened to our personel freedom. If we are to believe MS, they are not <br>gathering any information yet. That is what the .NET monster and Hailstorm <br>is all about. The net will not truely be free with out us.....<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>What exactly IS Passport, anyway? I always find it hard(and annoying) to wade through a<br>company's BS marketing terms for things that already have well-defined terms<br>in the industry. Is Passport something that provides single-sign on<br>capability? Something else to do with authentication/authorization? Any good<br>third-party FAQs or whitepapers?<br><br></pre>
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