NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
07/06/05
Today's focus: Putting the who, what, when, where and how into
context
Dear security.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Context in identity transactions
* Links related to Identity Management
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Putting the who, what, when, where and how into
context
By Dave Kearns
I can't seem to get away from the concept of "context." I like
to use "context" as a way of looking at identity transactions -
the who, what, when, where, how (and perhaps why) of an
authentication or authorization.
Michel Prompt, founder of Radiant Logic uses "context" in
reference to the identifiers associated with a particular
identity. He refers to different contexts where others might say
different "identities," or personas, aliases, pseudonyms,
avatars, or roles.
Archie Reed, HP's director of strategy for identity and access
management reminds me that he's used "context" since his days at
Trulogica (which was acquired by HP) to encompass both the
context of identifiers and the context of transactions.
And just last week the concept came up again. I attended the
inaugural Where 2.0 conference (
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where/> ) sponsored by the
O'Reilly organization, where I spoke with Stephen Lawler,
general manager of Microsoft's MapPoint Business Unit. He'd just
presented a demo of the recently announced, but not yet
released, MSN Virtual Earth Web product (see
<http://www.virtualearth.com/> for an introduction, then come
back when it goes live. It's really, really neat!).
He and I discussed his plans for the technology, data sources
and personalization. The latter he illustrated by proposing that
a search for a good restaurant might need to be within walking
distance for some users but would need to have adequate parking
facilities for others. I countered by saying that when I'm in
Boston, Manhattan or Chicago I'd like restaurants within walking
distance, but that this was an alien concept in Dallas or Los
Angeles, where driving is de rigueur in order to get anywhere.
That's when he mentioned "context."
According to Lawler, context, within the Virtual Earth project
means not only personal preferences, but also personal
preferences modified by location, time, and other factors - the
entire who (e.g., me, me and my wife, me and business
associates, etc.), what (restaurant, Italian restaurant, coffee
shop, Starbucks, etc.), where (Boston, Harvard Square,
Massachusetts, etc.), when (lunch, dinner, Sunday, Spring, etc.)
and how (walk, drive, mass transit, etc.).
Both Google and Yahoo also presented new functionality for their
mapping services at Where 2.0. All three companies unveiled
plans for easier to use programming interfaces so that the
entrepreneurial hacker could leverage the services to create
new, exciting products. Location services, mapping services,
local search - these are the consumer-based "killer apps" for
Web services. And it appears that the real neat thing is that
the most effective services will be built on an identity-based
platform. We do live in interesting times.
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To contact: Dave Kearns
Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.
Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these
respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.
Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by DuPont
Limiting the Plenum Cable Fire Risks
Concerns are rising about the growing number of combustible
cables present in commercial buildings required to service the
ever-increasing demands of IT networks. More workstations are
taxing our infrastructure. These concerns are the thrust behind
new "limited combustible" cables that reduces fire safety risk.
Learn more by reading this white paper now.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107800
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