The Liberty Alliance has locked up an open standard for federated identity management with new specifications that let companies share login and other information as they deploy and use Web services. Touting accompanying policy recommendations in a “best practices” guide, the alliance — a consortium founded by Sun Microsystems and consisting of more than 160 companies and other organizations — said the “Phase 2” specifications give Web services the privacy and security necessary for real use.
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Sun, Liberty Alliance Release Web Services ID Specs
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 12, 2003 02:06 PMThe Liberty Alliance has locked up an open standard for federated identity management with new specifications that let companies share login and other information as they deploy and use Web services. Touting accompanying policy recommendations in a “best practices” guide, the alliance — a consortium founded by Sun Microsystems and consisting of more than 160 companies and other organizations — said the “Phase 2” specifications give Web services the privacy and security necessary for real use.