Presence and IntComm WG

[Mark Sirota <>]

--On 2008-07-08 7:32 PM -0400 Shumon Huque 
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 wrote:
> I hope it's (2). It's certainly simpler. Also if I trust some remote
> authentication system to vouch for the identity of one it's users,
> why wouldn't I trust it to do the same for all of it's users?

In a system with multiple levels of assurance, it might be nice to know at 
what level the user was authenticated (and, of course, what it means to be 
authenticated at, say, Level 2).

> > And we have to wonder if the user cares. :)
>
> Yes, I was actually wondering the same thing myself :-)

It's not only the user who should care.  The organization might care that 
it can meaningfully audit the communications later, for example.  Less 
likely in academia, but still perhaps a real concern.

Mark