[OpenID] Finally the Shit has hit the fan!

[John Panzer]

It's not a centralized component[1].

I'm disappointed in Eran's post and wrote a response yesterday:

http://www.abstractioneer.org/2010/06/xauth-is-lot-like-democracy.html

Unfortunately, FUD sells and Eran's post is being retweeted and cited pretty
widely.  If you're going to agree with his objections, please read the
rebuttals as well, and explain why you think they're not sufficient.

-John

[1] There is nuance here which I'm ignoring in order to get a clear message
across.  The initial implementation has a single centralized piece, a DNS
entry, but no centralized services or data storage at all.  The end game is
a fully decentralized system, but you need a path to get there.  Go read the
details at
http://www.abstractioneer.org/2010/06/xauth-is-lot-like-democracy.html or
at
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-xauth-to-simplify-social-web.html
.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, SitG Admin
<sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com>wrote:

>  >http://hueniverse.com/2010/06/xauth-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very
> -bad-idea/
>
> Well, his points against it are quite valid. Having a centralized component
> to a decentralized architecture, especially one that all parties must *rely*
> upon, would violate the essential spirit of the idea.
>
> (That said, if any of them *want* to do it, they may do so unofficially,
> with neither the involvement nor sanction of the community. Then, when the
> inevitable user backlash arrives - or, as you put it, "the shit hits the
> fan" - they alone suffer the reputation hit and loss to market share,
> compounded by having done so against the recommendations of the majority of
> the OpenID movement itself.)
>
> I realize that you're in favor of the centralized component, but please do
> try to understand why this philosophy is diametrically opposed by OpenID.
>
> -Shade
>
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