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Windows XP: Battle over the Internet | |
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| Time: 09:29 EST/14:29 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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If there is any doubt about Microsoft's determination to expand its Internet strategy through Windows XP, consumers may be reminded of it no fewer than five times as soon as they try the new operating system. In the second through sixth attempts to connect to the Net, Windows XP will implore consumers to sign up for something called Passport--an identification technology that, in many ways, is a key to Microsoft's future. | ||
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| #1 By 415 (199.8.64.191) at 10/17/2001 10:03:23 AM |
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First, Passport is not key to Microsoft's future, because it's already a proven success. MS is only trying to broaden it's uses. Second, there are a bunch of good reasons why WE NEED Passport, and the thing Passport REALLY is. That is, a global way to identify and authenticate people on the the internet.
An example, with current software, how can a person share files with his buddies over the internet? FTP, HTTP(web server), MSN Communities(or something similar), P2P file sharing, manually sending a file via IM, and probably a few others. The problem for all of these is that in the internet scope(many users, many of whom you don't trust) you cannot assign fine-grained permissions to allow access to those files you want to share. ie. To say that Joe only has access to this file and nothing else. This could be one application of Passport that would make it all worth it, to everyone. I realize that FTP is sort of an exception, but to the average user, an FTP server is not viable. |
| #2 By 415 (199.8.64.191) at 10/17/2001 10:28:12 AM |
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#3 - Apparently not you! But hey, progress is made in spite of the ignorant. This post was edited by IronCladLou on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 10:28. |
| #3 By 931 (24.88.45.192) at 10/17/2001 11:33:41 AM |
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Ahh I can recall making comments years ago like these about apple.. limited lifespan.. opps I guess I was wrong. As for Sun.. I sure wish they would die off.. at the very least get there heads deflated.. but while they may have a very rough road I dont see them croaking anytime soon, also I can see the Govmt allowing any of the major players to buy them out. Though I think like oracle they would rather die then be bought out.
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| #4 By 415 (199.8.64.191) at 10/17/2001 1:00:40 PM |
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#16 - I sure hope you don't think MacOS pioneered the inclusion of FTP, HTTP, and WebDAV in an OS... And, yes, you're right, these protocols do allow you to share files, but not with a robust, and easy to use security system. See #18's reply.
(Thanks gt! Awesome reply, I'm glad someone else saw my point) What passport can give you is a global list of users to draw from when allowing access to some resource on the internet. Right now, Passport's the only thing on the market to do that... This post was edited by IronCladLou on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 13:03. |
| #5 By 415 (199.8.64.239) at 10/18/2001 2:25:15 PM |
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Great points #42!
Think about the millions of sites with online purchase & credit card capability. What about a website that has SSL and believes the site is secure, but stores your credit card number in some easily hacked MySQL database, or in a text file after the transaction. And with every purchase you make, do you know where your CC# may end up? The fact of the matter is, not only does MS need to be responsible and make Passport secure, but so does every web developer and admin out there. That said, I'd bet on Microsoft any day, over anyone else. |
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