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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 288 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: update major vendors join openid board comments Discuss  
IBM, Google, Microsoft, Verisign, and Yahoo have joined the corporate board of the OpenID Foundation, giving a boost to the group's efforts to simplify the process of signing into Web sites. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 288 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: microsoft snuggles with yahoo on openid comments Discuss  
Shared bank accounts next?Call it co-incidence or call it necessity, but Microsoft has jumped on-board a Yahoo!-backed initiative to give internet users a single digital identity.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 275 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: dare trust openid comments Discuss  
p strong Just about all the major companies in the business are on board now and if it s widely adopted it should make things better for users on the Web. strong p ...Embedded Linux From a Trusted Source Reduce your development schedules with pre-compiled Linux components, along with tools and support. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 134 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: drupal openid module vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the OpenID module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting or cross-site request forgery attacks.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your s read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 100 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: how poor crypto housekeeping left openid open abuse comments Discuss  
Internet bouncer snooze leads to 'small earthquake'Slipshod cryptographic housekeeping left some OpenID services far less secure than they ought to be.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 99 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: big questions openid vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
A variety of security issues have conspired to make OpenID an unreliable authentication method. It will remain that way unless some things change soon. - In light of some recent vulnerability announcements, research has shown OpenID to be an untrustworthy system. This is disappointing; I really liked OpenID. But it also conforms to some suspicions I had about it from early on.OpenID is a protocol for authentication. One party, the OP (OpenID Provid... read more »
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