Nico Popp can see the day when proving who you are on the faceless Internet will be as easy as using a picture I.D. in the real world. Popp is the point man for a new authentication program launched Monday by VeriSign, which runs the Net’s largest domains, .com and .net, its biggest certificate validation service and the root product code database for the RFID universe. Popp, vice president of authentication services, compared the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) service to the existing ATM network used by banks.
VeriSign Launches Broad Authentication Scheme
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 14, 2006 07:40 AMNico Popp can see the day when proving who you are on the faceless Internet will be as easy as using a picture I.D. in the real world. Popp is the point man for a new authentication program launched Monday by VeriSign, which runs the Net’s largest domains, .com and .net, its biggest certificate validation service and the root product code database for the RFID universe. Popp, vice president of authentication services, compared the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) service to the existing ATM network used by banks.