An Internet user transfers directly to a domain within an e-community without
returning to a home domain or re-authenticating. The user's home domain server
prepares and forwards a home domain identity cookie (DIDC) with an enrollment request
to a user's browser, with the enrollment request being redirected to an affiliated
domain server in the e-community. The affiliated domain server prepares and sends
an affiliated DIDC with an enrollment confirmation to the user's browser, redirecting
the enrollment confirmation to the home domain server. The home domain server modifies
the home DIDC to include a symbol which indicates successful enrollment at the
affiliated site. The process may be repeated for a plurality of affiliated domains
to achieve automatic enrollment a portion of or an entire e-community.