It’s all about online authentication through improving the OpenID Framework, according to Microsoft. This outline was unveiled at the RSA Conference, which is the biggest internet security conference that I know of. While the idea sounds great though, will Microsoft actually be able to successfully implement it for all of the Windows users out there?

At the industry’s largest information-security conference on Tuesday, Microsoft outlined its Internet-security plans, which include a collaborative effort to strengthen online authentication with the OpenID Framework.

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During their keynote address at the RSA Conference, Microsoft Chairman

Bill Gates

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Bill Gates and Chief Research Strategy Officer Craig Mundie discussed how the industry can advance efforts to let people access, share, and use corporate and personal information without fear that it will be compromised.

“Security is the fundamental challenge that will determine whether we can successfully create a new generation of connected experiences that enable people to have anywhere access to communications, content and information,” Gates said during the keynote.[more]

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