A Sun Microsystems Inc-backed initiative on secure network identity has taken its first steps towards supporting a specification from Microsoft Corp and IBM, Gavin Clarke writes. The Liberty Alliance Project this month had a presentation from VeriSign Inc, a co-author of WS-Security with Microsoft and IBM, with a view to including the XML-based specification in its own planned specifications. The move signals an further easing of tensions between Palo Alto, California-based Sun and the industry-backed Liberty, and IBM and Microsoft, both absent from Liberty and pursuing separate security policies.
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