- Topics
- .NET,
- Identity Management,
- Programming,
- Architecture,
- Security,
- Cloud Computing,
- U-Prove,
- Windows Card Spaces,
- Windows Identity Foundation
Last week, Microsoft announced: the cancellation Version 2.0 of its Windows CardSpace identity service, thus deprecating CardSpace; and the immediate availability of Release 2 of the Community Technology Preview of its U-Prove identity service. These announcements are just the latest moves in Microsoft's decade-long struggle to solve the Internet's "identity problem."
- Topics
- Java,
- .NET,
- Microsoft,
- Languages,
- Programming,
- Architecture,
- Security,
- U-Prove,
- Companies
Microsoft has open sourced U-Prove CTP, a cryptographic solution technology used for performing authentication without disclosing personal information about the user. The CTP contains U-Prove Cryptographic Specification V1.0, a C# and a Java reference implementation of the specification, extensions for WIF, AD FS 2 and CardSpace 2, plus a number of whitepapers explaining the technology.
