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Kim Cameron is the Chief Architect of Identity in the Identity and Access Division at Microsoft, where he champions the emergence of a privacy enhancing Identity Metasystem reaching across technologies, industries, vendors, continents and cultures.
Currently based in Paris, Kim plays a leading role in the evolution of Active Directory, Federation Services, Forefront Identity Manager, CardSpace and Microsoft’s other Identity Metasystem [...]
Ron Jacobs turns his amusing talk show to the Laws of Identity
Network World’s Power Issue recognizes our identity work as one of the most important phenomena in networking.
It sounds like this upcoming book from Vernor Vinge will be one we all want to read
The Laws of Identity define the architecture for what we call the Identity Metasystem.
The Identity Metasystem is an interoperable architecture for digital identity that assumes people will have several digital identities based on multiple underlying technologies, implementations, and providers. Using this approach, not only will individuals be put in control of their identity, but organizations [...]
The Internet was built without a way to know who and what you are connecting to. This limits what we can do with it and exposes us to growing dangers. If we do nothing, we will face rapidly proliferating episodes of theft and deception that will cumulatively erode public trust in the Internet.
We have undertaken a [...]
1. User Control and Consent:
Digital identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent. (Starts here…)
2. Limited Disclosure for Limited Use
The solution which discloses the least identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable, long-term solution. (Starts here…)
3. The Law of Fewest Parties
Digital [...]
Kim Cameron
Identity and Access Architect
Microsoft Corporation
May 2005
Applies to:
Security
Web development
Web services
Summary: Understand the dynamics causing digital identity systems to succeed or fail in various contexts, expressed as the Laws of Identity. Together these laws define a unifying identity metasystem that can offer the Internet the identity layer it needs. (14 printed pages)
Contents
Problem Statement
Words That Allow Dialogue
The [...]
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