payswarm, webid and javascript SSL.

Having dominated what I need to know to applying WIF and modern websso on
windows and .NET 4.0 (and doing webid helped force the issues on certs,
consuming sparql, working with naming authority), I think I will move on in
terms of coding. The platform is stuck on 2000 era SSL, and is resisting
innovation with SSL. I need source (and GNUTLS is not mature enough for my
needs).

 

If anyone is interested in classical webid work, one might look further at
http://identity.thinktecture.com/stsce/docs/configuration/userMappings.confi
g.htm. Its an STS, with openid bridge, that does client certs for https too,
and addresses identity delegation. Sounds like a great platform on which to
build a more advanced webid prototype looking at the more involved flows,
including authorization lookups.

 

Im going to have a look at the micro-payments world again, assuming the
semantic web added something to the work done in 2001/2002 type period. This
will hopefully enable me to at least get the tool skills to build that
javascript ssl client library, and see how it can fit into the usual windows
eco-system of tools and cloud, etc. Hopefully, this can add something to the
final phase of this incubator, as it rounds out its "applicability and uses"
type of considerations. Getting a real client in javascript, with a UI and
trust stores built using javascript (not browser vendors) sounds like
nirvana!