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Structure for the Database  Title: Overview on IMS
STRUCTURING IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FROM THE PRODUCT VIEW
 Designs of IMS

 

Structuring Identity Management Systems from the Product View

 

As an example some IMS identified in [ICP03] are categorised according to the proposed structure. The list of systems from the study was updated; a number of products had to be deleted and several ones were added. This list is by no means comprehensive, but gives an impression of the diversity of IMS.  

 

Class 1 IMS

 

Subclass 

Product 

Comment 

 

 

 

Standards 

Liberty Alliance

See Chapter 5.1 in this document 

 

SOAP 

See Chapter 5.2 in this document 

 

OASIS XDI/XRI

XML-based description for identity information 

 

OpenPrivacy

Distributed user profiles 

 

vCard

IETF-specified MIME type for business cards 

 

HR-XML

XML schemata for transfer of human resources information 

Applications: Cookie Management 

CookieCooker

HTTP cookie manager, interacts with JAP 

 

CookiePal

HTTP cookie manager 

 

Privoxy

HTTP proxy with cookie management features 

 

Mozilla Cookie Manager 

Integrated browser feature for cookie management 

Applications: Social Networking 

Orkut

Web-based social networking 

 

FOAF

XML/RDF crossreferences 

 

Friendster

Web-based social networking 

 

OpenBC

Web-based social networking for business contacts 

 

LOAF

Additional e-mail header to find intersections of e-mail addresses books 

 Applications: Partial Identity Management

iManager

See Chapter 5.4 in this document 

 

Light-weight Digital Identity

Personal data are managed by a CGI script which checks authorisation 

 

Sxip

Partially distributed identity management system 

 

DRIM

Privacy enhancing identity management 

Applications: Password Management 

Roboform

Password manager and form filler 

 

Norton Password Manager

Password manager and form filler 

Technologies: Single Sign-On 

CA eTrust

Corporate access management 

 

MS Passport

Global Centralised SSO 

 

Kerberos

Centralised SSO 

 

AssureAccess

SSO for HTTP and Java 2 Platform 

 

ClearTrust Federated Identity Manager

SOAP/SAML based SSO 

 

 

RSA Nexus

Status (availability, prototype etc.) unknown 

 

SecureAccess

Enterprise SSO solution 

 

PingID

SAML-based 

 

Shibboleth

Web single sign-on using XMLSig and SAML 

 

Oracle COREid

Part of the Oracle Identity Manager for SSO and web access control 

 

CIDAS 

Central authentication and authorisation solution offering SSO, management of different levels of authentication and anonymous authentication 

Technologies: Infrastructure, Third Party Services 

X.509 CAs 

hundreds of independent roots of namespaces 

 

X.509 Standard  

Standard for public key certificates in X.500 directories 

 

KeyNote Standard

Allows delegation of authorisation to other keys 

 

SDSI/SPKI Standard

Defines local namespaces which can be chained by public key crypto 

 

spamex

Forwards e-mail, hides receiver 

 

mixmaster

Anonymising remailer 

 

mixminion

Anonymising remailer with advanced features 

 

spamgourmet

Forwards e-mail for a user-supplied number of e-mails, hides receiver 

 

the identity network

Provides services for federation of identities 

Technologies: Physical Delivery Intermediaries 

None 

 

Technologies: Payment Intermediaries 

eGold

Not a bank, payment in gold certificates 

 

paypal

Money transfers between e-mail addresses 

Table : Class 1 IMS

 

 

Class 2 IMS

 

Subclass 

Product 

Comment 

Communication Management / Workgrouping 

PGP/GnuPG

E-mail encryption software 

 

Ciphire

E-mail encryption software with e-mail addresses as only ids 

 

OpenSSL

Encryption tool and library, implements S/MIME 

 

Hushmail

Webmail provider with encryption 

 

Cryptomail

Webmail provider with encryption, Open Source 

Shop Systems / Auction Systems / Reputation Systems 

ebay

Online auction, lists reputation of buyer and seller 

 

advogato

Community website, articles are scored by the reputation of the author. 

 

Aura

Open Source library for reputation handling 

 

Slashcode

Community reviewed webpages, e.g., slashdot.org, uses reputation 

Online Games 

The Sims online

Online game 

 

There

Meeting place for avatars 

Table : Class 2 IMS

 

Class 3 IMS

 

Subclass 

Product 

Comment 

Browsers: 

Mozilla

Password/cookie manager and form filler included 

 

Opera

Dto. 

 

Internet Explorer

Dto. 

Chat clients 

Jabber

Supports multiple nicks and optional encryption 

 

gaim

Supports multiple nicks 

Table : Class 3 IMS

 

 

 

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