#openid

Simple and opinionated OpenID Connect server designed for self-hosters

"It is specifically geared towards people that demand total control of their OpenID identity without depending on another web application framework."

"We're happy to announce support for the OpenID OAuth Hybrid Protocol, which combines OpenID authentication (sign in) with OAuth authorization (access control) in a single interface. The Hybrid Protocol makes it easy for the hundreds of millions of Yahoo! users to sign into websites with a Yahoo! account, and to enable two-way data sharing of their Profile, Contacts, and Updates, without having to register a new site-specific account or share their Yahoo! password."

"Google and Yahoo! (and likely Microsoft to follow) are ultimately competing with one another to become the branded single sign-on solution for the web. The good news for users is that by using the same underlying technology, most relying parties will able to turn on support for any new OpenID provider fairly easily. The bad news for users is that since none of the major providers are also relying parties, using services at each of these site still requires multiple accounts. Further, a sign in box with 100 different logos for 100 different providers isn’t a great user experience."

"My problem is how OpenID full on assaults user experience."

"Cutting-edge social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia stopped issuing new user credentials last night and now requires new users to create a Ma.gnolia account using an OpenID from somewhere else."

"I'd like this not for authentication purposes but to let me "prove" my ownership of those profiles to other sites - I envisage all sorts of interesting mashups in the future based on users using OpenID to prove who they are on many different services."

"Have you seen the way that Basecamp and Ma.gnolia allow users to associate an OpenID with their in-house accounts?" Yup, I sure have.

"With OpenID and Yahoo! you don't need to have an identity management server. Simply tap into the millions of Yahoo! users who already have a Yahoo! ID and password."

"Log in to web sites with your Yahoo! account"

"twauth: simple mobile openid using twitter"

I've kinda wondered why OpenID didn't just allow for scanning a page served up at the identity URL for hCard and other microformats.

"Digital Identity? Source for Universal Inbox? One piece of Open Social Networking Model?"

"The following describes a simple protocol for enumerating the members of a group and for determining whether a given identifier is a member of a group."

"What if you could say, "by default, trust whatever my buddy Pete trusts"? Or, "trust the consensus of my set of friends; only ask me if there's disagreement"? Or more prosaically, "trust what my local IT department says"."

"Anonymous OpenID Free, Anonymous, Temporary, Disposable OpenID Server"

"An OpenID provider should catalogue the sites that a user logs into and automatically construct a homepage for them."

"wpopenid is a Wordpress plugin by Alan Castonguay that enables commenters to authenticate using their OpenID."

"Turns out that 37 Signals’ implementation of OpenID could use some… getting real."

Food for thought. Note the number of pro users.

"Wouldn’t it be great if you could use the same account to log in to multiple sites and applications, without having to trust them all with your password?"

"phpMyID is a single user IdP, or "Identity Provider" for the OpenID framework."

"The wpopenid plugin lets visitors to a Wordpress blog quickly register, login, and leave comments using their OpenID Identity."

"Well, we've added another way for authors to claim their blogs using OpenID."