Misnomer - by Elisa Korenne

Elisa Korentayer was until very recently a key part of the human infrastructure that keeps the Liberty Alliance running. Elisa served in a variety of roles, most recently as the Program Manager for the Public Policy Expert Group (where, through my interactions with PPEG, I can attest to the incredible job she did).

Elisa has left Liberty to concentrate on her music career (using the pseudonym Elisa Korenne) but, before her departure, she penned the following lyrics (likely after some session on ID Theft)

Misnomer
(c) 2005 Elisa Korenne

Commerce drowns the sorrows
A name makes you a man
I left mine in the storehouse
I go visit when I can
I go visit when I can

Couldn’t see past the windows
Left the X on the map
Then you took my measure and my name
I wish you’d also take the rap
I wish you’d also take the rap

I forgot the password
I forgot the key
I left my name in the storehouse
Now there’s nothing left of me

Now I’m stuck behind the doorjam
This collar is too tight
An old bottle in the hay
A locked door to my right
A locked door to my right

I forgot the password
I forgot the key
I left my name in the storehouse
Now there’s nothing left of me

I left my name in the storehouse
With the Spanish brew and my clothes
Now I sleep in straw and iron
And weep in the watering hole
And weep in the watering hole

I forgot the password
I forgot the key
I left my name in the storehouse
Now there’s nothing left of me

There’s a name for every person
There’s a name for what you pulled
My name now has two owners
Your misnomer’s got them fooled
Yeah, your misnomer’s got them fooled

I feel compelled to mention that, in the Liberty model, mere possession of a federated identifier for a user does not guarantee an attacker the ability to impersonate that user. I expect Elisa intentionally kept well clear of the need to rhyme with 'pairwise opaque'.