Comments on: Authorized Impersonation http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/09/17/authorized-impersonization/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/09/17/authorized-impersonization/comment-page-1/#comment-169298 Jeff Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:44:40 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/09/17/authorized-impersonization/#comment-169298 Thanks, in identity circles there are few names that loom as large as Kim. The problem isn't that these things aren't being discussed but rather that developers go for quick-and-easy solutions to identity rather than thinking through the problems and managing the risk. I think we would both be shocked at how many web sites store our passwords in unencrypted clear text. Thanks, in identity circles there are few names that loom as large as Kim. The problem isn’t that these things aren’t being discussed but rather that developers go for quick-and-easy solutions to identity rather than thinking through the problems and managing the risk.

I think we would both be shocked at how many web sites store our passwords in unencrypted clear text.

]]> By: W.B. McNamara http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/09/17/authorized-impersonization/comment-page-1/#comment-169270 W.B. McNamara Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:50:11 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/09/17/authorized-impersonization/#comment-169270 It's worth taking a look at the writing that Kim Cameron has done on delegation tokens/coupons -- in a number of cases he explicitly addresses the question of impersonation (and why it's not necessarily a requirement for delegation): http://www.identityblog.com/?s=delegation+coupons&x=0&y=0 http://www.identityblog.com/?s=delegation+tokens&x=20&y=6 It’s worth taking a look at the writing that Kim Cameron has done on delegation tokens/coupons — in a number of cases he explicitly addresses the question of impersonation (and why it’s not necessarily a requirement for delegation):

http://www.identityblog.com/?s=delegation+coupons&x=0&y=0
http://www.identityblog.com/?s=delegation+tokens&x=20&y=6

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