.NET 3.0: Programming with CardSpace
Apress eBooks · 2008
Windows CardSpace (formerly known as InfoCard) is a client application that allows your users to provide their digital identity and credentials to your application and other online services in a simple way while maintaining the essential qualities of security and trustworthiness. The interface it provides is typically known as an identity selector . Instead of logging into a web site with a username and password that can easily be forgotten, lost, or faked, the CardSpace application provides a UI with a set of “cards” that the user can choose from. These can either be cards that you generate yourself as a replacement for usernames and passwords, or managed cards , which are provided by an identity provider that is trusted—such as your employer or bank. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.