Microsoft is leading the move to claims-based access with an announcement
this week of a claims-aware application codenamed "Geneva" Framework.
According to a Tuesday
post on the Geneva Team Blog , the Geneva Framework is the successor to
a previous beta known as Zermatt. Both are part of a suite of secure access
products known as "Geneva," which was rolled
out in October at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference.
Geneva, according to MSDN, simplifies user access to applications and services
using claims-based access instead of the legacy identification-based access
prevalent today in protected environments.