[OpenID] Don't you think digital identity URIs should have a specific TLD ?
seb20
seb.deuxzero at googlemail.com
Fri Dec 22 10:09:52 PST 2006
Hi all,
I'm new to OpenID, and I would like to have your feedback on this
post I wrote on my blog (I'm french, but I translated it in english
just for you ;-))
It's about why OpenID should be allocated a specific TLD, to avoid
the high dependency on the digital identity provider domain name.
http://www.egomedium.net/index.php/2006/12/22/46-why-openid-need-a-
specific-tld
The post is quite long, but in short it says:
The current implementations of OpenID proposes to create a unique
URI, hosted under the domain of the service implementing the
specification. The user's URI could look like getopenid.com/johndoe
or johndoe.pip.verisignlabs.com.
(...) the service you are trusting to manage your identities must be
reliable, because if it closes or shutdown all the websites users
will have subscribed to using OpenID won't be able to identify them
anymore, and users wil have to identify themselves again by providing
a new URI (without mentioning the loss of the personal data!)
An easy way to workaround that would be to request from the ICANN an
other TLD specifically for digital identities, managed by regular
registars; users could buy the domain of their choice (just like they
buy a .com or .org). (...) URIs could be more detailled like
"345.johndoe.ego", or anything to make it unique; (...)
You are more than welcome to post comments on my blog and to discuss
it in this thread !
Thank you for your feed-back ,
Sebastien
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