A study on trusted internet identity management and its application

Abstract

Internet identity management (IIDM), which is a core issue of network security, has drawn close attention from governments and IT experts all over the world. This article makes a worldwide review on the development status of IIDM at first. Then a new definition of trusted IIDM is brought forward. As a realization of the concept, we represent a creative design of IIDM mode, as well as a technique solution of online information system introducing biometrics. Our study is innovative and valuable on the research and application of IIDM. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.