Windows CardSpace
Windows CardSpace (codenamed InfoCard) is a discontinued identity selector app by Microsoft. It stores references to digital identities of the users, presenting them as visual information cards. CardSpace provides a consistent UI designed to help people to easily and securely use these identities in applications and web sites where they are accepted. Resistance to phishing attacks and adherence to Kim Cameron's "7 Laws of Identity" were goals in its design.
The Windows CardSpace user interface running on Windows XP, showing card creation template example. | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Successor | U-Prove |
| Service name | Windows CardSpace (idsvc) |
| Type | Identity management system |
CardSpace is a built-in component of Windows 7 and Windows Vista, and has been made available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as part of the .NET Framework 3.x package.
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