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OpenID - one username, password and account for every site?
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Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:38 am Reply and quote this post
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OpenID lets you log in to different sites without having to create a new username and password for each one. This screencast demonstrates OpenID in action.


The great thing about OpenID, is that it is decentralised (so there is no single breaking point, it has no indefinite owner, it has strong commercial backers, it is extremely simple to implement, it is extremely simple to use and above all you are in control and can even host your own OpenID. It also prevents many "imposters" claiming that they are you when posting comments on blogs for instance. Finally, We will see OpenID Support in Firefox3!

http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/Firefox_Requirements#P1.2FMANDATORY_Features

Here's a great video, on  Simon Willison's Weblog.
http://simonwillison.net/2006/openid-screencast/


Gates, today announced a new direction - collaboration with the community based OpenID initiative. OpenID authenticates users online via URIs or XRIs, and Microsoft is working on support for OpenID 2.0 in Windows Vista.

A great article on TheRegister.co.uk about CardSpace and OpenID Intergration and Microsoft support for OpenID
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/06/gates_rsa/


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According to Mundie, OpenID helps Microsoft span security form the enterprise to the internet by providing the internet-portion of the authentication circle.

"If I want more security, but in browser, this marriage of CardSpace and OpenID is a big step forward. It eliminates the man in the middle attack," Mundie said. "We have a continuum from browser-based environments to [the] complete enterprise access control environment, and that's going to be step in the right direction."


Some OpenID providers

    * MyOpenID
    * LiveJournal
    * Vox
    * claimID
    * VeriSign Personal Identity Provider

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity.

OpenID is a decentralized system to verify one's online identity. While it is not intended to prevent spam or create a trust metric,[1] it solves the single sign-on problem without relying on any centralized website to confirm digital identity. OpenID users identify themselves with a URI or XRI which they own, such as for a blog or a home page. Since OpenID is decentralized, any website can employ OpenID software as a way for users to sign in.

On OpenID-enabled sites, Internet users do not need to register and manage a new account for every site before being granted access. Instead, they only need to be previously registered on a website with an OpenID "identity provider", sometimes called an i-broker. They can also link to this identity provider from another website they own and log in using that website's URI instead, allowing them to connect their identity to their website. A website which accepts sign-ins from OpenID is called a "relying party."

OpenID does not provide its own form of authentication, so it is not meant to be used on sensitive accounts (banking, e-commerce transactions, etc.), but if an identity provider uses strong authentication, OpenID can be used for all types of transactions.

OpenID is increasingly gaining adoption amongst large sites, with organizations like AOL both acting as a provider as well as Wikipedia announcing that they will support OpenID [2]. In addition, integrated OpenID support has been made a mandatory priority in Firefox 3[3] and Microsoft is working on implementing OpenID 2.0 in Windows Vista.

Here's a link of interest on CNET: http://news.com.com/2061-12572_3-6111...966&subj=news

What do we think of OpenID?
iVirtua Community will be implementing OpenID in the coming weeks.

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Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:53 am Reply and quote this post
Looks ace but 1 problem
all i need is a keylogger and every one of the sites your signed upto with it are as good as useless. huge sercurity risk.

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Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:09 pm Reply and quote this post
Very useful for people who forget things easily. Unfortunately, I doubt many people would use it due to the flaw Nitronumber9 posted. It'll probably lead to its own decline if more rigid security measures are not put in place.
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:00 pm Reply and quote this post
Here's a great slide/screencast to address the issues raised in this topic:
http://simonwillison.net/2007/openid-fowa/

The Future of OpenID (a slidecast)

This video combines slides, audio and demonstration movies from a talk I gave at the Future of Web Apps conference on February 21st, 2007. It has a running time of 35 minutes.

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The video is 41.2 MB so it may take a while to load. If you cannot view MPEG-4 movies a lower quality Flash version can be found on the Internet Archive.

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