The challenges of identity

When we think about the definition of a new specification, a new standard, or a new protocol in the identity area, we may imagine a lot of experts having multiple meetings to look for an optimal solution and define the perfect standard. What we tend to underestimate is that these experts cannot invent a new protocol without taking into account several technical constraints and the technical limitation of the market. In other words, their output is usually a trade-off. They need to consider how the browsers work, how HTTP works, what the behaviors of the browser on specific HTTP returning code are, and how the standard they are going to define usually sits on top of this. They cannot just invent what they believe is a perfect protocol from scratch.

This is because the history of IT and, more specifically, the internet clearly shows that de facto standards are much harder to bypass – we cannot force a model if this model requires a change in technology...