I received some press-release-spam this week that I actually didn’t mind. TrustBearer Labs, a home-town startup has released their new OpenID provider, TrustBearer OpenID. What makes this interesting is that it utilizes their browser-based authentication hardware support to instantly provide strong, token-based security to any OpenID enabled site (application?). Their browser software is interesting in and of itself—cross platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), cross browser (Safari, IE, Firefox), and capable of interfacing with USB smart card readers and authentication tokens. This is a great demonstration of what open standards really allow—innovation that benefits everyone who utilizes the standard.
Strong Security for Everyone!
This entry was written by Nathan Y., posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 9:34 am, filed under geek and tagged fort wayne, openid, smart card, Software, standards. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
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Thanks for the nod, Nathan. We’re really excited about the release. I’ve been meaning to drop you a line to give you credit for tipping us to check out OpenID. That was… almost a year ago, right? Thanks again, and do let us know next time you’re back in Fort Wayne.
Well I didn’t want to assume that it was my tip that caused you to look into it — seemed like a straight-forward path to take from your existing work — but thanks for the hat tip.