IDconnex Announces “No More Passwords” with “ezAuth”, its Open Source Release of Simple Email Authentication Software

June 28, 2007; 06:13 AM
No More Passwords! IDconnex announces its release of ezAuth, a simple email authentication software module, to the open source community. The use of email as an authentication process leverages a reliable technology that users are already comfortable using today. Users do not need to create or remember their userID or password to authenticate at a website. They simply log-in with the email account they used during registration.

“How many times have you forgotten your userID or password, only to have your password reset via email?” asks Joe Urban, CEO of IDconnex. “Why go through the frustration of entering the wrong passwords when you can quickly authenticate with email the very first time?”

ezAuth authentication works as follows: 1) users enter email account to log-in, 2) website sends a link to the email inbox, and 3) user clicks on the link to access the website. ezAuth benefits both the website owner and user. Websites no longer need to manage password resets or risk permitting unauthorized access, while users do not need to remember specific password protocols for each website. Website developers can go to www.nomorepw.com for more details and to download the software.

Several websites are already planning to leverage the ezAuth log-in. Office on Demand is proud to be a beta customer of ezAuth. “We provide the best-of-breed applications for small business owners,” says Jake Jacoby, CEO of Office on Demand. “ezAuth allows our customers to have a secure and convenient way to access their accounts.”

TasteTV.com, the leading New Media food, wine, and lifestyle network for the web 2.0 community, will use ezAuth for their member community that will be launched this summer. “It’s important for our members to be inside our community rather than be kept at the door by a password they can’t remember,” says TasteTV.com CEO, A.K. Crump. “ezAuth has the potential to benefit multiple web communities with a single sign-on to the web.”

ezAuth will be released under Apache License 2.0 and the open source project will be sponsored by IDconnex. “This technology is too fundamental to commercialize. The entire web community will benefit with an active community of open source developers leveraging this technology,” explains Joe Urban.

About IDconnex
IDconnex, by Corverity Corporation, has a scalable identity management technology that allows enterprises to securely manage and monitor their customers, vendors and partners when accessing their extranet. Publicly-accessible, web-based applications are a source of significant fraud and exposure for enterprises, yet their numbers and popularity continue to increase. Without an effective, scalable means to verify and manage these external users, the benefits of corporate extranets will be increasingly compromised by this growing exposure. Visit www.IDconnex.com for more information.

About Office on Demand
Office On Demand, by Tantamount Software, is the trusted partner to small business owners around the globe for easy-to-use solutions to their technology needs. Office On Demand provides internet-based solutions designed to help small businesses by allowing them to benefit from the proven communication, marketing, and management solutions that have previously only been available to large enterprises. To learn more about Office on Demand by Tantamount Software, please visit www.officeondemand.com

About TasteTV
TasteTV is the leading New Media food, wine, and lifestyle network for the web 2.0 community. Food lovers will see exciting and delicious cooking shows, top chef recipe demonstrations, chocolate and wine tastings, product & restaurant reviews, and reality series. Several programs are viewer contributed content submitted by talented home chefs, culinary professionals, and independent filmmakers, as well as developed in-house by TasteTV. Visit www.TasteTV.com for more information.