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It’s unspeakably rare for me to find something in a Windows Help File that is so completely on-the-nose that I wish I’d said it myself…this may be the first time in the whole of my IT career.

From the “Geneva” Framework Beta 2 help file:

“It’s Not Just About Federation

The original intention behind the claims-based identity model was to enable federation between organizations, but over time it’s become apparent that claims aren’t just for federation. But some of these terms remain. For example, when you use “Geneva” Framework Beta 2 in your ASP.NET application, you’ll need to use a “Geneva” Framework Beta 2 component called the <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = [default] http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5 NS = "http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5" />Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.WSFederationAuthenticationModule in order to perform claims processing. Don’t let the word “federated” mislead you. There are clear benefits to building applications that outsource authentication and authorization. Any company that has, or plans to have in the future, more than one Web application or Web service, can benefit by starting with a claims-based model for identity.”