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Windows CardSpace empowers organizations to prevent identity theft and systematically address a broad spectrum of security and privacy challenges. Understanding Windows CardSpaceis the first insider's guide to Windows CardSpace and the broader topic of identity management for technical and business professionals. Drawing on the authors' unparalleled experience earned by working with the CardSpace product team and by implementing state-of-the-art CardSpace-based systems at leading enterprises, it offers unprecedented insight into the realities of identity management: from planning and design through deployment.
Part I introduces the fundamental concepts of user-centered identity management, explains the context in which Windows CardSpace operates, and reviews the problems CardSpace aims to solve. Next, the authors walk through CardSpace from a technical standpoint, describing its technologies, elements, artifacts, operations and development practices, and usage scenarios. Finally, they carefully review the design and business considerations associated with architecting solutions based on CardSpace or any other user-centered identity management
system. Coverage includes
- The limitations of current approaches to authentication and identity management
- Detailed information on advanced Web services
- The Identity Metasystem, the laws of identity, and the ideal authentication system
- Windows CardSpace: What it is, how it works, and how developers and managers can use it in their organizations
- CardSpace technology: user experience, Information Cards, private desktops, and integration with .NET 3.5 and Windows Vista
- CardSpace implementation: from HTML integration through federation, Web services integration, and beyond
- Adding personal card support to a website: a detailed, scenario-based explanation
- Choosing or becoming an identity provider: opportunities, business impacts, operational issues, and pitfalls to avoid
- Using CardSpace to leverage trust relationships and overcome phishing
Whether you're a developer, security specialist, or business decision-maker, this book will answer your most crucial questions about identity management, so you can protect everything that matters: your people, your assets, your partners, and your customers.
Foreword xv
Preface xviii
Part I Setting the Context
Chapter 1: The Problem 3
The Advent of Profitable Digital Crime 4
Passwords: Ascent and Decline 29
The Babel of Cryptography 36
The Babel of Web User Interfaces 79
Summary 84
Chapter 2: Hints Toward a Solution 87
A World Without a Center 89
The Seven Laws of Identity 92
The Identity Metasystem 110
Trust 115
WS-* Web Services Specifications: The Reification of the Identity Metasystem 136
Presenting Windows CardSpace 161
Summary 164
Part II THE TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 3: Windows CardSpace 169
CardSpace Walkthroughs 169
Is CardSpace Just for Websites? 175
System Requirements 176
What CardSpace Provides 177
A Deeper Look at Information Cards 184
Features of the CardSpace UI 204
Common CardSpace Management Tasks 210
User Experience Changes in .NET Framework 3.5 218
Summary 221
Chapter 4: CardSpace Implementation 223
Using CardSpace in the Browser 224
Federation with CardSpace 248
CardSpace and Windows Communication Foundation 252
CardSpace Without Web Services 262
Summary 268
Chapter 5: Guidance for a Relying Party 269
Deciding to Be a Relying Party 270
Putting CardSpace to Work 274
Privacy and Liability 299
Summary 302
Part III PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 6: Identity Consumers 305
Common Misconceptions about Becoming an Identity Provider 306
Criteria for Selecting an Identity Provider 309
Relying on an IP 315
Migration Issues 320
Summary 321
Chapter 7: Identity Providers 323
Uncovering the Rationale for Becoming an Identity Provider 324
What Does an Identity Provider Have to Offer? 334
Walking a Mile in the User's Shoes 338
An Organization's Identity 341
Summary 342
Index 343
Vittorio has more than 13 years of experience in the software industry. He worked in the fields of computational geometry, scientific visualization, usability, business data, and industrial applications and has published articles in international academic industry journals. Vittorio joined Microsoft Italy in 2001 in Consulting Services. Before falling hopelessly in love with identity, he worked with Web Services and Services Orientation from its very inception, becoming a reference and a trusted advisor for key industry players nationwide and at the European level. In October 2005, he answered the call of Microsoft headquarters and moved to Redmond, where he lives with his wife, Iwona. Vittorio holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Universita' di Genova, Italy.
Garrett Serack worked as an independent software development consultant in Calgary, Canada, for 15 years, with clients in fields such as government, telecom, petroleum, and railways. Joining Microsoft in the fall of 2005 as the Community Program Manager of the Federated Identity team, Garrett has worked
Garrett lives in Bothell, Washington, with his fantastic wife, Brandie, and their two amazing daughters Tea and Indyanna. Catch up on CardSpace and begin to learn more about Microsoft Open Source efforts on his blog at http://fearthecowboy.com.
Caleb Baker has been at Microsoft for the past seven years and is part of the Federated Identity team. In addition to building CardSpace, the team is working on the other pieces needed to build the Identity Metasystem. Caleb has been on the CardSpace product team since 2004 (InfoCard at the time). Since the first release of CardSpace, he has continued to work on future CardSpace products as well as various Identity Metasystem interoperability projects.
Before working on CardSpace, Caleb gained experience in the identity and security space by working on Active Directory and the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT). Caleb is a Seattle-area native, having graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Physics and Political Science and has also earned a Master's degree in Computer Science.
- Autoren: Vittorio Bertocci , Garrett Serack , Caleb Baker
- 2007, 1. Auflage, 384 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Pearson ITP
- ISBN-10: 0321545591
- ISBN-13: 9780321545596
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.12.2007
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