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January 2003 issue of
Entrepreneur.
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The Liberty Alliance is fighting for truth, justice and one
password for all. Spear-headed by Sun Microsystems, the project is
working toward releasing an online password and authentication
system that will allow users to have one password for all their Web
sites and e-commerce transactions. That concept is similar to
Microsoft Passport, but the Liberty Alliance wants to leverage its
non-Microsoft status and open-source stance to win over surfers,
Web sites and businesses. You can expect interoperability between
the two systems.
Big guns like MasterCard and Sony are listed as founders, while
others like Earthlink and Visa have also signed on. Interested
entrepreneurs can join as associates for a yearly fee of $1,000.
With that, you can comment on the project's activities and get
information before it's released to the public. If the Liberty
Alliance catches on, growing businesses will want to enable their
Web sites as a convenience and draw for their Web patrons. Visit
the Liberty Alliance at www.projectliberty.org to catch up on recent
news, check into the specifications or join the project.