[ale] A reliable/secure openid provider?

Scott Castaline hscast at charter.net
Wed Aug 29 21:19:17 EDT 2007


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Jim Popovitch, on 08/29/2007 06:52 PM said:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
> Ahh, yes.  It would be excellent if many players in the Internet would
> permit this---Google, Slashdot, Yahoo, whatever.  It'd be great, I think.
>
> I use my web site as an OpenID provider (and permit people to login to
> it and leave comments and the like using OpenID, too).  The irony is
> that LiveJournal does not fully adhere to OpenID, and Brad Fitzpatrick
> is the guy that invented both.  Go figure.  :-P
>
> 	-- Mike
>
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