“One of the biggest barriers has been that there is no standard way to authenticate and identify the various players in the delivery chain,” Sun group business manager Sai Allavarpu told TechNewsWorld. “All of this is done [with the new specifications] in a privacy-friendly manner because it is baked right into the specs.”
Sun, Liberty Alliance Release Web Services ID Specs
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For anyone interested — in a meeting with Sun ONE representative, discussing Identity Server et. al., I was assured that the Liberty Alliance group was working very closely with Internet2’s Shibboleth movement. This could be a great “Federated Management”, AuthN, and AuthZ solution!
great news! thanks
Go! Sun & Co. Go!