... careful, methodical planning, followed by hard wo! rk, the Web took on a life of its own from the very beginning. The introduction of a common protocol and a friendly graphical user interface was all that was needed to ignite the Internet explosion. ... of classes of digital Ids, each represents a different level of assurance in the identity, and each comes at an increasingly higher cost. The assurance is determined by the effort that goes into identifying the person requesting the certificate. Class 1 Digital IDs intended for casual Web browsing providing users with an unambiguous name a...

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