2006-08-19 Aaron Bockover <abockover@novell.com>

[mono.git] / web / passport

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 * 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
@@ -93,6 +100,11 @@
                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.
@@ -249,7 +261,7 @@
 
        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