Personal Identity Provider from VeriSign Labs has been updated with new design and better functionality. It is partially proved that VeriSign is really interested in OpenID development.

A variety of authentication and identification systems has been developed during the evolution of Information Technologies and Interactive Communication. But undoubted prerogative of most developments and innovations has been done by VeriSign Incorporation (www.verisign.com), which is no doubt the world leader of intelligence and security provider. In case one is up to write the history of the Internet and Information technologies, the best reference will be the History of VeriSign Inc, as any of its steps is a step towards the Internet development. Starting from 1995 when they started to sell SSL Certificates they have had the great purposeful behaviour to establish high security level and trust in the Network. And they definitely succeeded. Only a year later they opened the Digital ID centre - big developments in the security providing and huge achievements in Network solutions. In 2004 VeriSign introduced Unified Authentication system. In 2006 Personal Identity Provider project has already been released where a new technology is being used: OpenID. To be honest, I need to mention that the project is still free, but, potentially, it could be commercialised later. David Recordon who is in charge of the development of this technology while working on other projects is still working on this one which is a real prove that OpenID is going to be more and more  developed in the next few years.

Albert Poghosyan