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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
yadis-bounces@lists.danga.com [mailto:yadis-bounces@lists.danga.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Johannes Ernst<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 23, 2006
9:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>>To:</span></b> YADIS list<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>>Subject:</span></b> Re: Securing HTML vs
securing HTTP</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Personally, I find</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>little utility in having the
identifier I authenticate by as being</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>precisely the same as the URL for
my blog.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>I very much disagree.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>- If somebody types your
name (or whatever details about you) into Google, don't you want the first URL
to show <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>up to be
your identity URL?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>- If you leave a comment
on somebody else's web page, don't you want a click onto your identity URL to
lead <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>back to your
blog?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>- If somebody tags
"you" in del.icio.us, it's likely they will "accidentally"
tag your blog instead of your identity <font color=navy><span style='color:
navy'>></span></font>URL.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>If might be different if
we could say "this cloud of URLs are all my pages" but currently I'm
not aware of any <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>technology
that does this ...<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Actually, there is one. It's called XRI ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Seriously, this is one of the primary use
cases for the abstraction layer that XRI provides. You can have any number of
URLs (at any number of domain names) all in one cloud under the same XRI.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So it ends out truly representing your
identity (and protecting your privacy at the same time). And can easily be the
first search term back in Google. To demonstrate, try typing "drummond
reed +contact" into Google and see what you get back first.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>=Drummond (<a
href="http://xri.net/=drummond.reed">http://xri.net/=drummond.reed</a>) <=======
example of identity XRI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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