Jettison Passport -- Microsoft Security Glitch

InformationWeek > Security > Passport Not Winning The Trust Game > May 16, 2003
Lockergnome Tech Specialist points to a news item on Microsoft's Passport Security woes. I read a lot of people growsing about the impending doom of Paladium and NGSC technologies. But then I realize what a oxymoron "Microsoft Security" is and then don't worry as much. :)

Market research group Gartner is advising businesses using Microsoft's Passport authentication service to pull the plug on it. The move is a response to a serious security flaw discovered May 7 that placed at risk the identities of roughly 200 million users of the online single-sign-on user-identity service. [...] Gartner says the Passport vulnerability will delay strong demand for such identity services until the end of 2004. The market research firm recommends that Microsoft submit its Passport code for open-source review as a way of regaining trust.