One of the challenges facing us in the next decade is
the establishment of global digital identities, both corporate and individual.The
proliferation of usernames, passwords and URLs all militate against a simple and
singular identity.
People and organisations need to be assured that their identities
are unique and that their associated attributes and values are accurate and secure.
Novell's
undisputed lead in the field of directory services places it in an ideal position
to deliver, through the .dir TLD, such a service.
Through authenticated access
to the .dir directory it will be possible for any organisation or individual to be
assured that they are being accurately represented on the Internet and that other
entities can access only the information that they are legitimately entitled to access.
Furthermore, I earnestly hope that one day I will have just one username, ianthomas.southampton.uk.dir!