Archive for the ‘Identity’ Category
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
SourceForge.net shipped support for OpenID this morning followed by an official announcement on their community forums. In just a few seconds I had my OpenID tied to my existing SF account. Their implementation seems very solid and straight forward.
This certainly makes them one of the largest, most ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Luke Crouch, one of SourceForge's developers left a subtle message today in their community forums hinting at what OpenID features they've been working on recently.
It looks like they will be shipping a full on RP implementation along with delegation support for their developer profile pages.
"dedicated Identity Providers can focus on ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Shortly after Google released Google Web Engine last night, Ryan Barrett of Google released an application for the platform that essentially makes Google an OpenID Provider. Check it out here:
http://openid-provider.appspot.com/
(Thanks Sam for the scoop)
Update: Digg It!
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
When I authenticate using my delegated OpenID I'm actually proving I own two different URIs. I own http://steven.bitsetters.com which I'm delegating from and I own (or at least have some control over) http://steven.myvidoop.com. So a RP can easily associate both endpoints with my account. The problem comes ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
It seems when everyone's talking about the lack of OpenID relying parties compared to identity providers they often leave out an important role in the OpenID stack: Delegation. Of course this doesn't solve the problem everyone is feverishly complaining about, but it is curious to see no one ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I use personas in the same way I think most people are using them in OpenID today. I don't think of them as identity containers, but as address bundles. I have one very creatively labeled "Work" and another labeled "Home". Hmm.... That sounds exactly like how I ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
I am now the official Steven Osborn of the internet. How did I accomplish the feat? Well, it wasn't by spending hours practicing to be an accomplished pianist or by becoming an experienced realtor. I certainly didn't take the time to become a doctor and I'm not ...
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