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To: ToySoldier who wrote (27716)	8/14/1999 1:21:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

n fact, they might even consider putting their necks out on the line and challenge the site to be hacked (but maybe I believe too strongly in NDS's ability to secure the data) during the early stages prior to putting actual users on the portal site. It would be up to the NOVL development Engineers to call the shot as to how comfortable they are that the site is near inaccessible to hackers. As an Internet user, I would be very secure in knowing that NOVL is confident enough to openly challenge the world of hackers to try to break in (and better when no one meets their challenge). This should be a Critical Success Factor test for NOVL prior to public release of the portal site. Afterall, its better that any security flaws are realized now than if it were to happen after 50,000 users have already stored personal data in the NDS structure. Check out the Slashdot forums about Microsofts 'hack me' site and Somebody's 'hack this linux' site. Basically, advertising up a site for hacking is always a bad idea. Even if your site is not crackable, you get a bunch of denial-of-service attacks--which isn't technically a hack but try telling that to the teenage masses. Then you get people trying to hack other systems in your domain and D.O.S. on those other systems as well. Loved everything else in your post, tho.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (27716)	8/14/1999 7:14:00 AM
From: EPS	Respond to of 42771

Hi Toy, Follow up of our discussion the other day. Posted in the in the news section of Digitalme site Application Dial Tone: It's Coming By Sean Gallagher s Jason Levitt writes in this week's article on public key infrastructure ("In Keys We Trust"), PKI is still something that is "the next big thing." It hasn't widely caught on with business IT departments simply because it hasn't quite measured up to the needs of industrial-strength IT--and what those needs are exactly haven't been nailed down, either. However, there are a couple of other developing technologies that could have a major impact on how soon PKIs become commonplace. One of them is widely available broadband Internet access: cable modem, digital subscriber line, and other persistent connections to the Internet. The reason is simple. The combination of PKI-secured applications and persistent, fast Internet connections means that just about any company application could be securely accessed from the Internet, without the kind of security burden currently placed on users of extranet applications: multiple passwords, weird software issues, and TCP/IP configuration games. Add directory services, and the story gets even more interesting. PKI can potentially provide a single sign-on to the Web and extranet applications. Combine that with the potential of consumer broadband access, and suddenly you've got the makings of application dial tone--applications on demand, available at any time, over a virtual, secure, point-to-point connection. You'll be able to provide your customers with a branded view of the Internet--your branded PKI--and your applications and content will be provided without arcane passwords and URL trees to browse. Make those PKI certificates portable, and the applications go with your customers. Put the certificate on a smart card--like a store credit card--and give it to a customer with a personal ID number. Do the same for your employees. Combine PKI with a directory service and you've got a way to deliver and manage IT user information across your company. The result is that the Internet suddenly becomes a lot more like the real world, where the places you can go and what you can do depends greatly on your identity and what you're carrying around in your pockets. The PKI is your identity, the persistent Internet connection is your public transportation, and the directory service is your virtual trouser pockets. That's clearly at least part of what Novell is thinking about with its digitalMe initiative, and that's where the world of electronic business is heading. The main thing that's holding adoption back right now is the emergence of a de facto standard. Once that happens, the Internet revolution will start all over again. informationweek.com PS I think we are very close to have a standard now..

To: ToySoldier who wrote (27716)	8/14/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Yes, I agree... Getting a live site for digitalme is the best selling point there is. Once AOL begins to see the light and get digitalme into it's AIM and website for things like e-commerce and community, NDS and digitalme become more mainstream. Novell is bridging the gap between corporate networks and the internet well. Peter J Strifas

To: ToySoldier who wrote (27716)	8/18/1999 10:54:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

I was reading an article by John Markoff regarding the tactics of MSFT in it's war with AOL. You know, the one where they had a MSFT employee pose as someone else and say something bad about AOL's software... I found this at the end of the article: Separately, America Online and Novell Corp. on Thursday announced that Novell, a network software provider based in Provo, Utah, had licensed the AOL Instant Messenger software and planned to build it into its Netware Directory Services software for corporate users. ``We see this as a huge opportunity,' said Michael Sheridan, vice president of strategy businesses for Novell. ``This is something halfway between a cell phone and electronic mail.' Address of original story: mercurycenter.com Somehow by placing this piece at the end of the article, it gives me the impression that AOL perhaps DOES have something to worry about and is enlisting the company with the best directory product to add security beyond the actual sofware technology their product relies on. Maybe I just wear rose-colored glasses??? :) Peter J Strifas