[Zope] Article regarding JPassport

James Johnson james@tacomait.com
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 02:06:31 -0800


I saw this article regarding passort.  So did Python beat Java to the punch? 
 Seems to me andym released a Passport interface a while back.


> Weatherly has been involved in a Microsoft.NET-related project for
> more than a year, writing code for a Portable.NET project as part of
> GNU/Linux's version of .NET. 
> 
> Although Weatherly did not dispute claims that JPassport is the first
> of its kind, he highlighted the work that is being done on single
> sign-on authentication systems worldwide. 
> 
> "They [BuyItOnline] may be correct [in claiming] this is the first
> product in the world of its kind. But this is perhaps because almost
> everyone else is trying to replicate the whole of Passport, not just
> the client side