[ale] A reliable/secure openid provider?

Björn Gustafsson bg-ale at bjorng.net
Wed Aug 29 09:10:05 EDT 2007


Looks like "LiveID" is just a rebranding of the wildly unpopular
MS-Passport, perhaps with the intent to have consumers confuse it with
the name "OpenID", but probably just to conform with the rest of their
"Windows Live" noise.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID

By the way, did you end up selecting an openID provider?

On 8/29/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just came across Microsoft LiveID and it leaves me curious.
>
> Is LiveID:
> a openID implementation?
> a openID corruption?
> unrelated?
>
> And do the MS LiveID consumers support other OpenID providers or is
> this another MS only thing.
>
> My guess is a OpenID corruption and the consumers only supports their
> own ID server.
>
> Thanks
>
> On 7/16/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I just got exposed to openid over the weekend.
> >
> > If what I saw was accurate, it is the coming thing in creating a
> > easier way to manage login/password info for the web.
> >
> > Anybody using it yet?  Any security types, saying absolutely not.
> > You'd be stupid to do that?
> >
> > ( If you have an hour:
> > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2288395847791059857 )
> >
> > Anyway, I want to setup an openid account somewhere and start to
> > experiment.  Any recommendations?
> >
> > FYI: If I like it I will likely setup a openid proxy that forwards to
> > whatever backend I choose.  That way, I can have a long term id, but
> > have the flexibility to change id providers if they have issues.
> >
> > Greg

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Bj?rn Gustafsson



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