[OpenID] Distributed ID Servers

[Johnny Bufu]

On 21-Dec-06, at 11:33 AM, Brian Ellin wrote:

> Using delegation and a custom XRDS, I've pointed to three different
> OpenID servers.  If the first server is down or unreachable, I may
> click submit on the RP a second time, and next highest priority server
> will be tried.  This may continue until I've successfully verified my
> OpenID.
>
> I'm using MyOpenID, Verisign's PIP, and schtuff.com as my servers.
> All of the JanRain libraries implement this behavior.  You may see my
> XRDS here:
> http://brianellin.com/xrds

Our library also handles multiple discovered endpoints, in a slightly  
different manner: it uses the first one with which an association  
could be established (out of a configurable max number of attempts).  
If association fails, it falls back to the endpoint with the highest  
priority.


Johnny