OpenID joins Microsoft's new security features
InternetNews | at | by Mike
In an update that reflected a thaw in Microsoft's approach to some open source projects, Gates said the company's Windows CardSpace identity management metasystem will work with OpenID 2.0, an open source user-driven digital identity framework.
OpenID is a decentralized digital identity system, in which any user's online identity is given by URI, such as a Web address, and can be verified by any server running the protocol.
Web sites that support OpenID are fashioned in such a way that Internet users don't need to create and manage a new account for every site before being granted access; users need only to authenticate with an identity provider that supports OpenID.