Phil Windley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Summary: The architecture of an identity system has a profound impact on the nature of the relationships it supports. Introductory note: I recently read a paper from Sam Smith, Key Event Receipt Infrastructure , that provided inspiration for a way to think about and classify identity systems. Wikipedia defines legitimacy as.

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Architecture System Authentication Security 138

Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Trusted computing stands as a pivotal milestone in the ever-evolving landscape of digital security, strategically weaving hardware and software mechanisms into the very fabric of computing systems. These standards encompass device consistency, secure input/output design, encryption keys, hash encryption, and modern security strategies.

Hardware 36

Hardware Security Storage Software 36

Phil Windley

AUGUST 20, 2019

But they constrain architectural choices to ensure that the universal identity metasystem is not just usable, but also safe and secure. Messaging —the architecture must support messaging between the parties to those relationships. Relationships are created using a system of peer-to-peer agents in Layer 2.

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Internet Banking System Architecture 102

Phil Windley

MAY 18, 2021

And yet those systems are not ours, but rather belong to the companies that provide them. I call these systems "administrative" because they are built to administer our experience in a particular domain for the administrator's specific purposes. Not altogether unpleasant, but a far cry from authentic.

Authentication 98

Authentication Internet System Social 98