From: Richard Forno (rfornoinfowarrior.org)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 08:02:51 CDT

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Maybe this will help MS keep their certificates current and help VRSN avoid
issuing further erroneous certificates in MS's name! I was wondering why
VRSN was quietly pushing Win2K in recent months.....

rf

> From: InfoSec News <isnc4i.org>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 04:01:02 -0500 (CDT)
> To: isnsecurityfocus.com
> Subject: [ISN] Microsoft to tap VeriSign for security
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6528869.html?tag=mn_hd
>
> By The Associated Press
> Special to CNET News.com
> July 9, 2001, 9:20 p.m. PT
>
> SEATTLE--Microsoft will enlist VeriSign to help provide security for
> its planned set of Internet services called .Net, the companies were
> scheduled to announce Tuesday.
>
> Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
>
> Microsoft has been hounded by concerns over privacy and security since
> announcing plans to release .Net and HailStorm, a related set of paid
> subscription services ranging from banking to making dental
> appointments over the Internet.
>
> The system will depend on customers' willingness to store personal
> information including credit card numbers and personal calendars via a
> Microsoft system called Passport.
>
> Passport was originally introduced as a system for remembering
> multiple Web site log-ons across the Internet and is now shaping into
> a cornerstone to storing personal information needed for .Net.
>
> Through this deal, VeriSign will provide additional "digital
> certificates" over the Passport system for certain transactions
> requiring extra security, such as bank transfers, the companies said.
>
> Those customers who use Microsoft's Windows desktop operating system
> will find that the two services can be linked, said Microsoft Vice
> President Sanjay Parthasarathy, with the digital certificates stored
> on the operating system. Others will be able to store their
> certificates in areas designated by VeriSign, based in Mountain View,
> Calif.
>
> The companies are touting the ease of this system, saying the added
> security won't necessarily require that users use an extra password.
>
> "The issue you deal with is that customers want ease of use but they
> also want higher levels of trust," VeriSign President and Chief
> Executive Stratton Sclavos said. "Before those two things were
> mutually exclusive, but now they can be as simple as one password."
>
> But Sclavos acknowledged that providing the extra security without an
> extra log-on could backfire because it requires that a potential
> hacker know only one password to access a broad array of personal
> information.
>
> "It needs to scale with the level of risk," he said.
>
> The non-exclusive deal will allow both companies to partner with other
> enterprises, Parthasarathy said.
>
> Microsoft previously announced a partnership with McAfee.com, based in
> Sunnyvale, Calif., to provide personal firewall security services for
> Passport.
>
>
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