[ale] A reliable/secure openid provider?

[Greg Freemyer]

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
>
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