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Blockchain Interoperability & Survivability

Part 2: How Interoperability is Key to Survivability The idea that a blockchain network can withstand a concerted attack simply because it consists of physically distributed nodes appears to be an untested and unproven proposition. We have not yet seen the extent of attacks possible on blockchain networks. Attacks can range from classic network-level attacks Read More

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Intel’s foray into Personal Data

So this is getting very interesting: The world’s largest chip maker wants to see a new kind of economy bloom around personal data (article here). It looks like Intel is entering into the personal data & big data narrative. Given that Intel owns a considerable chunk of the motherboard & SoC real-estate (think Processors, discrete TPMs, Read More

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UMA Presentation from IIW#16

Eve Maler kindly prepared an excellent set of slides for me to present at IIW#16 in Mountain View, CA late April: UMA_for_IIW16_2013-05 After discussions during the presentation, I believe one of the technical issues that still causes confusion is the fact that UMA uses three (3) distinct OAuth2.0 Tokens: AAT Tokens: Authorization API Token — this Read More

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RL “Bob” Morgan passing away

For those who knew RL “Bob” Morgan, below is a link (sent by Mike Gettes at CMU) where you are invited to share thoughts/memories of Bob: Professional relationships to Bob: https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/rlbob/Home Personal and Family relations: https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/rlbob/Personal+Family+Life RL Bob provided serious contributions to several key specs, including the SAML2.0 specs.  He was also a key contributor to Read More