A new batch of identity management specifications for
consumer devices has been released by global identity management
consortium the Liberty Alliance.
The Advanced Client specifications are designed to allow
enterprise users and consumers to manage identity information on
devices such as cameras, handhelds, laptops, printers, and
televisions.
The Advanced Client is a set of specifications and technologies
that use the interoperability, security and privacy capabilities of
Liberty Federation identity management and Liberty Web Services, to
allow users to conduct a wide range of new identity-based
transactions from any device.
Federated identity management allows users to access websites,
applications and data from multiple providers via a single secure
sign-on procedure.
The Advanced Client is part of Liberty’s roadmap to deliver an
end-to-end digital identity management framework that provides
enterprise users and consumers with increased identity management
functionality across all networks and devices.
The set of platform independent specifications were developed to
extend identity management capabilities such as single sign-on,
access to Web services, stronger authentication and user-controlled
provisioning to client devices.
The Advanced Client will allow users to securely store identity
data on a device and access and manage the information when the
device is either connected to a network or offline.
“Liberty’s Advanced Client specifications mark a new era in how
consumers will access identity-based applications and businesses
and governments will deploy and manage new identity-based
services,” said Roger Sullivan, president of the Liberty Alliance
Management Board and vice president of Oracle Identity
Management.
“With today’s news, Liberty Alliance is closer to delivering an
always available end-to-end identity framework where devices of all
kinds are linked by federation and users are in better control of
their identity information.”
Advanced Client relies on ID-WSF 2.0 (Liberty Web Services)
which includes support for WS-Addressing and WS-Security
specifications.
Liberty Alliance member representatives from BT, HP and Intel
recently demonstrated a proof-of-concept application using the
Advanced Client in a working service provider implementation.
The Remote Provisioning of Soft Credentials presentation
illustrates how Liberty specifications were used to provision
secure credentials to consumers in order to deliver an improved
user experience across networks and devices.
The presentation is available at:
http://projectliberty.org/index.php/liberty/strategic_initiatives/client_devices
The new specifications are available here:
http://projectliberty.org/resource_center/specifications/liberty_alliance_id_wsf_advanced_client_1_0_draft_specifications
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