X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fpassport;h=3ffe0dfeef9edee06ab45146c1fc072446991f93;hb=d7ab125adb3c7cc5f1b5a7855c497db6649b6143;hp=ec7a11c91f9b039687349958ed5460420eef9680;hpb=1a1cef73cd183d0fd03026914ff1af2739f8568d;p=mono.git

diff --git a/web/passport b/web/passport
index ec7a11c91f9..3ffe0dfeef9 100644
--- a/web/passport
+++ b/web/passport
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 * 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
+	information on passport.
+
 	I have received many comments from people, and I have updated
 	the page accordingly.  From removing incorrect statements, to
 	fixing typos, to include mentions to other software pieces.
@@ -88,6 +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.
@@ -244,7 +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
@@ -264,7 +281,12 @@
 
 	Nat Friedman (Ximian's co-founder) has his own ideas on how a
 	competing system to Passport could be designed, but I will let
-	<a href="http://www.nat.org/gym">him</a> post his own story.
+	<a href="http://www.nat.org/">him</a> post his own story.
+
+** Other Passport Comments
+
+	An interesting study on the security of passport is available at: <a
+	href="http://avirubin.com/passport.html">http://avirubin.com/passport.html</a>
 
 ** Other Alternatives