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

Archive for the ‘OpenID’ Category

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.  

OpenID will save the world from Phishing (and world hunger)

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I know what your thinking... "I thought OpenID made phishing worse!"  With the current state of things this can be true.  Any site can easily pose as an OpenID relier and then redirect you to a fake Identity provider that looks like yours. The good news is OpenID will ...