Steven Osborn
"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code".

Archive for the ‘OpenID’ Category

SourceForge Ships OpenID!!

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 ...

SourceForge OpenID RP in the works.

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 ...

Google’s OpenID Provider Via Google Web Engine

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!

One Button to Rule them all.

Monday, March 31st, 2008

There have been quite a bit of talk about the current state of OpenID login screens that are becoming cluttered with provider specific buttons with no end in site. Scott Blomquist has some really interesting ideas for implementing a IdP independent button that would replace all of the existing buttons, while ...

Improving OpenID Delegation

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 ...

OpenID Delegation: Ship It.

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 ...

OpenID Personas = Cruft

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 ...

Using JanRain OpenID with Zend Framework

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Ok, I know Zend_OpenId is on the way, but for those of us who don't like to wait here's a way to get OpenID working with Zend Framework. Besides, JanRain's libraries tend to be pretty solid and up to date so you won't go wrong using this in place ...

OpenID: Trust and Liability

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

My co-worker (Sam) and I lead a session at IIW called "OpenID Security and Privacy" and as the conversation evolved it occurred to me that even though these issues exist in OpenID today, the real hurdles are going to be trust and liability. There are many companies and ...

Internet Identity Workshop

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

I have the privilege of attending this years Internet Identity Workshop in Mountain View. I'll be hanging out there Dec 3-5. I'll try to get some pics and things to post on my blog along with an overview of the event.