Microsoft’s .NET Passport, one of the largest online authentication services in operation, has more than 200 million active accounts and handles more than 4 billion authentications per month. As a whole, Microsoft’s .NET Passport service is a collection of Internet-based technologies designed to make accessing e-commerce Web sites easier, faster and, in theory, more secure. However, critics have faulted Microsoft’s centralized identification model as being fraught with security risks, largely because all user data is stored in one place.
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Microsoft Passport and the Future of Authentication
Posted by: Jack M. Germain September 25, 2003 04:13 AMMicrosoft’s .NET Passport, one of the largest online authentication services in operation, has more than 200 million active accounts and handles more than 4 billion authentications per month. As a whole, Microsoft’s .NET Passport service is a collection of Internet-based technologies designed to make accessing e-commerce Web sites easier, faster and, in theory, more secure. However, critics have faulted Microsoft’s centralized identification model as being fraught with security risks, largely because all user data is stored in one place.