Re: [Auth]new to all this

[Albert Scherbinsky]

Timothy Washington wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I just found out about this project recently so could
> somebody tell me where I could find some detailed
> goals of the system(specs, whitepapers, etc). 

Take a look at:
http://members.home.net/alberts/single.htm

> Again, I have a question because I am new to all of
> this. VI advertises convenience of a single logon and
> user control of data. It must be able to be scaled and
> deployed at any level. Will VI be a framework/set of
> software tools or a protocol that software developers
> must follow?

http://members.home.net/alberts/siml.htm
http://members.home.net/alberts/PIB.htm
http://members.home.net/alberts/fsolo.htm

> -how to get other websites to use DotGNU VI (maybe net
> advocacy).

The process can be bootstrapped. The simple single login
spec
allows for single login enabling websites without them
having
to do anything. (See my previous post)

> -how to get a website using VI to know that a client
> has a virtual identities account(maybe a cookie that
> will have information telling a site how to
> autheticate that user)

Web sites can use <EMBED>. But again, we can singlelogin
a sight without changing the site at all, by specifying how
their login form works with SIML. The SIML can be <EMBEDED>
in login pages, or supplied with clients.

Regards,
-- 
Albert Scherbinsky
Drop by at: http://members.home.net/alberts/

Convenient control of our personal information:
Single Login:
http://members.home.net/alberts/single.htm
Simple Interface Markup Language:
http://members.home.net/alberts/siml.htm
Personal Information Base XML
http://members.home.net/alberts/PIB.htm