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Tuesday, October 02, 2001
http://www.interactiveweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1825%2526a%253D15356,00.asp Authenticate Yourself Connie Guglielmo and Charles Babcock When Sun Microsystems took to the pulpit last week to propose an alternative to Microsoft's Passport, the move marked more than just another showdown between the technology industry's two fiercest rivals. This time, Sun and Microsoft are on a bigger quest: to create a standard for digital IDs. One of the Holy Grails of online computing, the digital ID has been touted as the magical key that will unlock the Web and turn it into a wonderland of convenient, personalized services, while warding off crooks intent on stealing personal and credit card data from unsuspecting online users who want to live, work and play in the virtual world....
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