[ale] A reliable/secure openid provider?

[Jim Popovitch]

I've been (top posting and) using openid for a while now on some public
sites (sure wish ./ would support it).  Basically it keeps you from
having to give a password (same or otherwise) to each site.
Participating sites allow a common openid provider to authenticate you.
I use these Providers:

	https://pip.verisignlabs.com/
	http://myopenid.com/

-Jim P.


On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 10:46 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Never did try a openID account.
> 
> I got busy with real work and also did not find many of my existing
> accounts that accepted a openID login.
> 
> In fact only one I can remember (a test account at a ruby on rails
> bus. app site.  Can't think of the name off-hand.).
> 
> Greg
> 
> On 8/29/07, Bj?rn Gustafsson <bg-ale at bjorng.net> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Bj?rn Gustafsson
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