Digital Passports a Draw in the Middle East (MARK OF THE BEAST ALERT!)

INTERNET NEWS ^ | 11/11/2004 | Jim Wagner

[Traianus]

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Digital Passports a Draw in the Middle East By Jim Wagner November 11, 2004

Identity rights management (IRM) software vendor Epok said the Kingdom of Jordan will incorporate its ID management platform to process digital passports, or smart cards, officials announced Wednesday.

Jordan is the second country to adopt smart card technology from Dubai-based Datel. Last month, the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD) selected Datel's E-Gate smart card as an alternative to manually processing incoming and outgoing passengers at its international airport.

Both countries will be using Epok's Trusted Data Exchange 4.0 (TDX 4.0) platform to manage the information interface between the two governments, allowing Jordan and Dubai to exchange information on passengers crossing each other's borders without giving up control over the information found in their respective databases.

"We immediately recognized the enhancements E-Gate could add to our border security efforts," said Hanna Najjar, Jordan's Civil Aviation Authority director general, in a statement. "However, we also have an obligation to scrutinize every aspect of such a system. After evaluating the data control capabilities of Epok's TDX and interviewing the Epok team, we are highly confident that the system will give us unprecedented control of the information we intend to share."

Ayman Hariri, Epok president and CEO, said this is the first example of international electronic border security in the world and expects other governments to adopt the technology once it's proven to work.

"Countries are just not into sharing information with each other easily, and to have an automated system to that is a really big deal," he said. "We think in today's world, where security is a major issue, securing travel is one of the top priorities in pretty much every country.

"King Addullah II [of Jordan] has been adamant about using technology for the betterment of a lot of things in the country," Hariri continued. "This is something he's very much a supporter of, certainly to create a more secure environment for travel."

While he wouldn't mention specifics, Hariri said the company is in negotiations with several countries around the world -- mainly in Europe, Asia and the Middle East -- and is confident he will be making similar announcements in the next six to 12 months.

The Bethesda, Md., company adheres to the open standards and protocols in ID management -- such as Passport or the Liberty Alliance -- but isn't particularly married to any one because of its focus on the unification of information within one organization.

Epok's ID management platform is based more on standards that focus on the interaction between different companies: OASIS' Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI), a specification co-authored by Epok; XRI Data Interchange (XDI); and Extensible Name Service (XNS). Taken together, the ID management platform extends on the security of technology like SSL to ensure that necessary data goes to the right individual or agency.

The end goal for Epok, and companies like it, is the eventual replacement of paper passports as an international identification scheme or different smart cards for different countries. While the smart card use is opt-in right now, Hariri said there's the possibility down the road that a single digital passport will become MANDATORY in the future. And that's a good thing for customs agents.

"It's a very empowering concept for immigration agencies around the world," Hariri said. "You're not relying so heavily on an analog way of doing things. There are tons of things that have to go through the mind of a person there who's looking through the stamps on your passport and trying to decipher them."

[Bandaneira]

Watch out !!!

The "Anti-Freeze", sorry I mean "Anti-Christ", is around...

[Dallas59]

He has to be here on Earth...after the rapture....and He has to issue the proclamation that every human will where his mark.

[Pointblank]

In 1996 and 1997 The Navy issued "smart cards" on at least a few bases.(NATTC Pensacola) The cards had a chip that was to hold all your personal info such as medical/dental etc. and would be scanned in the chow line and leaving and entering the base. Take a wild guess what the name of the card was..."MARC card". I wish I still had mine because I cant remember what the acronym MARC stood for.
I can tell you this, it created quite a stir and and was NOT optional. Those that refused were removed from training I presume into less prestigious MOS's.
Fortunately, it never really got passed the card issue stage.

[Bandaneira]

What rubbish you speak.

Rapture, Mark of the Beast, Armageddon, Proclamations...

I suggest you fill your mind with some healthy things. Go and look at the stars one night soon. Go and walk in a forest at dawn. Dive into a cool sea one hot day. Pretend you are a child again and that everything is wonderful and awe inspiring. Buy a pair of cheap red-tinted sunglasses from $2 Shop and walk down the street and wait for some cheeky kid to say to you...

"I bet you see the world through rose-coloured glasses."

Life is not that bad you know. Having gratitude for one's existence is the foundation of faith. Getting lost in weird Christian eschatology is a health hazard. Beware of self-fulfilling prophecies. What we can imagine to happen can actually happen. We are both the puppets and puppeteers of the universe.

Prayer, vigilance and right action will see us all through.

A wise man once said...

"It doesn't matter what you think, we will all know the truth and what is correct in the end."

[Pointblank]

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?"
Benjamin Franklin, To Colleagues at the Constitutional Convention

[Pointblank]

I am reading your post over and over trying to figure out if you are a maniac or just have been up for 3 days on crank.
Why bother having faith or praying if you don't believe the contents of the bible.

[Bandaneira]

Smart man, Mr.Franklin. The U.S. was blessed with truly great people at the time of its creation. I think that Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Washington and Hamilton were indeed remarkable people.

The universe is ordered, stable, benevolent and expansive. The minds of some men may drift to disorder, instability, malevolence and contraction but that was not the creators intention.

[Traianus]

BASHARV L ASSAD. = 666 ( dassalwracab )
the hebrew trasliteration of THE NAME OF an ARAB CHIEF OF STATE WE KNOW WELL

Re 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

[Bandaneira]

I don't believe in the divinity of the "New" Testament. Is that fair enough for you ?

Watch the abusive language...

Do you want a massive war to happen and millions are killed before your saviuor returns ?

[Pointblank]

Oh wait, L. Ron Hubbard right. Sorry sir. you are not a maniac or a dopehead.

[Bandaneira]

Sorry, I mis-spelt saviour...

I suppose if you don't believe in it, you can't really spell it. Can you ?

I have learnt in my life that when I point out a truth to someone and their illusions are shattered, anger results. Don't worry however, the anger will pass and understanding will take it's place.

[Bandaneira]

Watch your slander sunshine !!!

[Bandaneira]

An angry Christian who wants a peaceful carpenter from Nazareth to return to save him and the world after a cataclysmic event happens. Hmmm, what an interesting mix

[TomSmedley]

He has to be here on Earth...after the rapture....and He has to issue the proclamation that every human will where his mark.

The words "where" and "wear" are homophones. They sound the same, but are spelled differently, and mean different things. Confusing your homophones, like indulging in the soul-sapping drug of apocalyptic hysteria, dramatically reduces your credibility. Christianity is an erudite and literate faith with broad appeal to elect folks of all social classes. However, the "gospel" of fatalistic defeatism reduces the visibility of the real gospel.

[Traianus]

B=2
A=1
sh=300
a=1
r=200
v=6

BASHARV=510

L=30

A=1
s=60
s=60
a=1
d=4

ASSAD=126

510+30+126=666

AS you can see...

[Bandaneira]

the guy down at the Bus Stop the other day was wearing a football jumper with the numbers 37 on the back. He got on the number 18 bus and stopped at Number 668, Devil Street, Healesville.

I'm a pretty smart guy and am always trying to put 2 and 2 together, (I know now, after much thinking that they add up to 5...)and what I surmised from this strange coincidences on the public transport system of my fair city that 37 times 18 equals 666. Thus the guy on the bus with the black coat and the scythe, (his day job must have been a hedge trimmer at the local council...) was actually the antichrist and he was trying to fool everyone by going into the house numbered 668 which is actually the home of the neighbour of the beast.

Numerology is an interesting pastime.

[tkathy]

amen.

[Bandaneira]

Shalom to you.

[rlmorel]

If your tin-foil hat is leaking, you need to go here:

http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html

Don't waste a minute, with each second you delay, your brain is being bathed in...