Understanding Windows CardSpace: An Introduction to the Concepts and Challenges of Digital Identities (Independent Technology Guides)

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Book Description

Windows CardSpace empowers organizations to prevent identity theft and systematically address a broad spectrum of security and privacy challenges. Understanding Windows CardSpaceis the first insider’s guide to Windows CardSpace and the broader topic of identity management for technical and business professionals. Drawing on the authors’ unparalleled experience earned by working with the CardSpace product team and by implementing state-of-the-art CardSpace-based systems at leading enterprises, it offers unprecedented insight into the realities of identity management: from planning and design through deployment.

Part I introduces the fundamental concepts of user-centered identity management, explains the context in which Windows CardSpace operates, and reviews the problems CardSpace aims to solve. Next, the authors walk through CardSpace from a technical standpoint, describing its technologies, elements, artifacts, operations and development practices, and usage scenarios. Finally, they carefully review the design and business considerations associated with architecting solutions based on CardSpace or any other user-centered identity management

system. Coverage includes

The limitations of current approaches to authentication and identity management
Detailed information on advanced Web services
The Identity Metasystem, the laws of identity, and the ideal authentication system
Windows CardSpace: What it is, how it works, and how developers and managers can use it in their organizations
CardSpace technology: user experience, Information Cards, private desktops, and integration with .NET 3.5 and Windows Vista
CardSpace implementation: from HTML integration through federation, Web services integration, and beyond
Adding personal card support to a website: a detailed, scenario-based explanation
Choosing or becoming an identity provider: opportunities, business impacts, operational issues, and pitfalls to avoid
Using CardSpace to leverage trust relationships and overcome phishing

Whether you’re a developer, security specialist, or business decision-maker, this book will answer your most crucial questions about identity management, so you can protect everything that matters: your people, your assets, your partners, and your customers.

Foreword xv

Preface xviii

Part I Setting the Context

Chapter 1: The Problem 3

The Advent of Profitable Digital Crime 4

Passwords: Ascent and Decline 29

The Babel of Cryptography 36

The Babel of Web User Interfaces 79

Summary 84

Chapter 2: Hints Toward a Solution 87

A World Without a Center 89

The Seven Laws of Identity 92

The Identity Metasystem 110

Trust 115

WS-* Web Services Specifications: The Reification of the Identity Metasystem 136

Presenting Windows CardSpace 161

Summary 164

Part II THE TECHNOLOGY

Chapter 3: Windows CardSpace 169

CardSpace Walkthroughs 169

Is CardSpace Just for Websites? 175

System Requirements 176

What CardSpace Provides 177

A Deeper Look at Information Cards 184

Features of the CardSpace UI 204

Common CardSpace Management Tasks 210

User Experience Changes in .NET Framework 3.5 218

Summary 221

Chapter 4: CardSpace Implementation 223

Using CardSpace in the Browser 224

Federation with CardSpace 248

CardSpace and Windows Communication Foundation 252

CardSpace Without Web Services 262

Summary 268

Chapter 5: Guidance for a Relying Party 269

Deciding to Be a Relying Party 270

Putting CardSpace to Work 274

Privacy and Liability 299

Summary 302

Part III PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Chapter 6: Identity Consumers 305

Common Misconceptions about Becoming an Identity Provider 306

Criteria for Selecting an Identity Provider 309

Relying on an IP 315

Migration Issues 320

Summary 321

Chapter 7: Identity Providers 323

Uncovering the Rationale for Becoming an Identity Provider 324

What Does an Identity Provider Have to Offer? 334

Walking a Mile in the User’s Shoes 338

An Organization’s Identity 341

Summary 342

Index 343

About the Author
Vittorio Bertocci is an Architect Evangelist in the service of Windows Server Evangelism for Microsoft. He is based in Redmond, Washington. He works with Fortune 100 and major G100 enterprises worldwide, helping them to stay ahead of the curve and take advantage of the latest unreleased technologies. In the past two years, he helped many customers all around the world to design and develop solutions based on technologies such as Identity and Access Management, Windows CardSpace, Windows Communication Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation. He frequently serves as a speaker at international conferences such as IDWorld, Gartner Summit, TechEd, and the like.

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