Re: [Auth]Greetings...

[Norbert Bollow]

Mike Warren <http://www.mike-warren.com> wrote:

> I just joined this list and haven't seen any traffic yet, so this is
> sort of a test ;)

Mike, welcome!!!  Great to see you here!

> I am interested in seeing a system like that implemented (and recently
> discontinued) by Zero Knolwedge (see http://opensource.zeroknowledge.com for
> some code).
> 
> Basically, it allowed one to create anonymous identities (they called
> these ``Nyms''). These were used with the rest of their system, mostly
> for encrypted email.

Interesting stuff.  If you want to implement this for DotGNU, you'll
be most welcome to go ahead with it.

> . such a system might quickly gain ground; it has significant
>   advantages over Microsoft's system (anonymity, user-confidence,
>   multiple identity providers).

Yes.  I think it's a good approach.

DotGNU is not going to endorse just a single approach to deal with
authentication/authorisation/virtual-id.  If that was the plan, most
likely the Steering Committee would just argue endlessly about what
approach to choose, and even if we were to succeed in agreeing on
something, chances would be that we'd "bet on the wrong horse".  No,
it's much better to organise a "horse race" of several promising
approaches, and we will "bet on the winning horse" at the end of the
race, when one of the competing approaches has gathered significant
momentum in terms of involved developers, and users of the system.

For information on how to officially register your project for this
"horse race", please refer to

http://dotgnu.org/proposals/

Greetings, Norbert.

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