* Updates
+ <b>Sep 20, 2001:</b> Microsoft has just announced some changes
+ to passport that are rather interesting. This document
+ reflects the Passport system without taking into account the
+ new changes.
+
+ Read about it <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/sep01/09-20passport.asp">here</a>.
+
For an analysis of security problems with passport, check <a
href="http://avirubin.com/passport.html">http://avirubin.com/passport.html</a>.
The bottom line is that you should not put any sensitive
available, means that trojans or worms could be built
into the products by malicious engineers.
+ Various government officials in non-US countries also
+ have a policy that no state sensitive information can
+ be held by foreign companies in foreign soil. A natural
+ matter of national security to some.
+
* <b>Security:</b> With a centralized system like
Passport, imagine the repercussions of a malicious
hacker gaining access to the Passport database.
A few people have said: `Mono will allow Passport to be
available for Linux and that is bad'. This is plain
- missinformation.
+ misinformation.
Currently, you can obtain Passport for Linux from Microsoft
itself and deploy it today on your Web server. Mono does not