From ISIP 1.5 : <ic:InformationCardMetaData> [Information Card] <ic:IsSelfIssued> xs:boolean </ic:IsSelfIssued> <ic:PinDigest> xs:base64Binary </ic:PinDigest> ? <ic:HashSalt> xs:base64Binary </ic:HashSalt> <ic:TimeLastUpdated> xs:dateTime </ic:TimeLastUpdated> <ic:IssuerId> xs:base64Binary </ic:IssuerId> <ic:IssuerName> xs:string </ic:IssuerName> <ic:BackgroundColor> xs:int </ic:BackgroundColor> </ic:InformationCardMetaData>

There is a new article by Randall Stross in the New York Times titled "Goodbye, Passwords. You Aren’t a Good Defense". I am thankful for this article and I think that we need more of them. It is targeted at a readership that is no expert in security and privacy; and never will be. It informs its readers that there are problems with passwords and that openid ( yet ?) isn't the solution either. I think that with Information Cards we are moving in the right direction. True, we are not there yet, but

Mike (one of those who need no sleep) blogged about Fun Communication's openid idtheft site and I encourage you to read Mike's post and try your personal idtheft immediately. Back here?! Well, you knew all this already, didn't you? But seeing it in action is another thing, I guess. So where does this lead us? Remember the " openid dogfight " from September 2007? I too think that we need a spectrum of solutions. I agree that openid is for when an RP has "trivial" security requirements, but I think

Microsoft Germany offers the Microsoft 360° Security Days to German speaking architects, project managers and developers. One session for architects and project managers is about Microsoft CardSpace . I really hope this will be an inspiring talk given by a true believer of the claims paradigm. It's a pity that a participant can not provide her claims by using information cards during registration for the event. Anyway, I am happy that CardSpace is a topic. We need more events that advocate information

Kim 's presentation is full of nuggets. Minimal disclosure tokens will be part of the future of CardSpace I believe.