[ale] A reliable/secure openid provider?

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 07:15:03 EDT 2007


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
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
>


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