UniqueID and PPID

[edit: Caleb points out that I could be clearer in stating that using just the PPID for authenticating requests is truly a bad idea, and I have to agree. Language hardening in progress..] In short: When you register users by using their information cards, storing the Unique ID is better than just saving…

Using Simple STS and managed cards with the simple WPF sample

Well, what a alliterative title 🙂 I’ve been asked in several occasions how to use managed cards, and specifically the simple STS sample, together with the surprisingly popular WPF smartclient sample. It is not especially difficult: few changes in the configuration and you’re all set. The only nuisances arise from the fact that when you…

I’ve got the power!

That is to say, my router works/all my battery powered gadgets are recharging/the food moved back from the balcony to the refrigerator/I don’t havt to do the most trivial activities at the light of pieces of swag gathered in my years of showing up at events & conferences. As you’ve probably read, here…

CardSpace and OSS

A customer asked me to forward him some info about how CardSpace is being received by the industry. The bunch of links below is by no mean complete, I’m waaaay too sleepy for hoping to compile a decent list, however those articles should be enough for getting an idea. Feel free to post…

Gartner healthcare summit, WiFi on planes, WPF WCF & caching CardSpace tokens, Vista, Id World… and neurotransmitters

Well, what a week 🙂 Monday and Tuesdsay, @ S.Diego for the Gartner Healthcare Summit. Ben Flock (mighty PSA!), Chris Henchey (COO & Cofounder of Choicelinx) and I presented a case study about cross entity authentication in Healthcare. The session was largely based on the learnings derived from a WCF early adoption project…

Using Windows CardSpace for securing a WPF smartclient, in WCF & token caching sauce

Using Windows CardSpace for securing a WPF smartclient, in WCF & token caching sauce

Hello everybody. It’s some time that I have this sample in the buffer: I am publishing now in a rush, since this sundaly I leave for 2 weeks in EU for some nice CardSpace briefings here and there. I won’t be on mail very much, so I hope you will hold most questions…