http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/10/25/microsoft-switching-sharepoint-to-claims-based-authentication-the-password-is-changing.aspxYou've heard it before, well this seems to suggest that the password or AD based auth is just too wrong! So SharePoint is going as open as possible!! Microsoft switching SharePoint to claims-based authentication By John Fontana , Network World, 10enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)