| Windows CardSpace empowers organizations to prevent identity theft and systematically address a broad spectrum of security & privacy challenges. This book offers insight into the realities of identity management: from planning & design through deployment.
Part I introduces the fundamental concepts of user-centered identity management, explains the context in which Windows CardSpace operates, and reviews the problems CardSpace aims to solve. Next, the authors walk through CardSpace from a technical standpoint, describing its technologies, elements, artifacts, operations and development practices, and usage scenarios. Finally, they carefully review the design & business considerations associated with architecting solutions based on CardSpace or any other user-centered identity management system. Coverage includes: - The limitations of current approaches to authentication & identity management; Detailed information on advanced Web services;
- The Identity Metasystem, the laws of identity, and the ideal authentication system; Windows CardSpace: What it is, how it works, and how developers & managers can use it in their organizations;
- CardSpace technology: user experience, Information Cards, private desktops, and integration with .NET 3.5 & Windows Vista; CardSpace implementation: from HTML integration through federation, Web services integration, and beyond;
- Adding personal card support to a website: a detailed, scenario-based explanation; Choosing or becoming an identity provider: opportunities, business impacts, operational issues, and pitfalls to avoid; Using CardSpace to leverage trust relationships and overcome phishing. | |
