Thanks Stefan! Australian-owned BuyItOnline has developed and released JPassport, a Java-based version of Microsoft's much-publicised product, Passport, which allows an e-commerce Web sites access to Microsoft's single sign-on system for user data and authentication. The product has been released in conjunction with software giant Microsoft's Australian and international offices, as a means of Passport-enabling Java-run sites, according to Jeff Ayling, BuyItOnline's technical director. "We really wanted to Passport-enable our site, but Microsoft didn't provide a way of enabling the site with Passport if you were running on Java -- they only provide a Windows solution -- so we created JPassport," said Ayling. "With the help of Microsoft Australia, and overseas, we have managed to completely replicate their Passport project in Java, so we cover every function that's available." However, according to Southern Storm Software director, Rhys Weatherly, JPassport is "not an implementation of all of Passport, it is only the client request side".
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