Anders:
I am not sure I understand the
argument.
I worked in Luxembourg for a year attempting to
launch a PKI-based
credit card [see the Providian GetSnart VISA
concept].
It didn't take off because web-access control
systems aren't supporting
user-end use of smart cards. Microsoft
interfaced to smart card readers
with Windows 2000 and how many clients have
implemented smart-
card based authentication in W2K; I bet only a
handful.
My humble thoughts.
David Sweigert, CISSP
----- Original Message -----
From:
Anders Rundgren
To:
Cc:
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:04
AM
Subject: [pki-tc] US e-government
ID-challenge
Hi,
This is a very silent list but I give it a try
anyway.
Coming from a country (Sweden) that established a
working national identity-scheme some 40 years
ago, which was with ease "recasted" into PKI, I
wonder how countries like the US, lacking such
systems are going to get e-governments running.
As far as I know, social security numbers as used
in the US are not sufficient as there are
duplicates and many countries do not have
identity systems at all, that are aligned to on-line usage.
Anders Rundgren
Consultant PKI and secure
e-business
