[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Dominick Accattato]

I think that there wouldn't be  security risk.  The only thing that would be
needed is more legal jargon when signing up that allows the OP to use a
third party to act on behalf of the OP in case they go down.

On Dec 6, 2007 2:03 PM, André Luís <andreluis.pt at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about - really - promoting delegation? I, for one, use my website
> as openid url. If myopenid.com is down, i go there, change my OP and
> still login with id.andr3.net
>
> I don't see this as a challenging concept for the average joe, if
> properly explained and made easy for them to switch providers.
>
> Is there any security risk in something like this?
>
> --
> André Luís
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2007 6:57 PM, Dominick Accattato <daccattato at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Another approach although left up to the authenticating site would be
> for a
> > temporary account where the temporary username/password is sent to the
> users
> > email address during downtime.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 6, 2007 1:53 PM, Dick Hardt < dick at sxip.com> wrote:
> > > That would be one approach, but I can see it being very challenging
> > > for your average user to manage.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6-Dec-07, at 10:10 AM, André Luís wrote:
> > >
> > > > That's why I believe it's a good practice for each user to have more
> > > > than one provider and the consumer services allow to register more
> > > > than one OpenID address for each of their account.
> > > >
> > > > I'm new to the list, so pardon if any of this have been argued
> > > > against.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > André Luís
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 6, 2007 5:47 PM, Dominick Accattato < daccattato at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >> What happens when an OpenId provider is down:
> > > >> http://www.alexanderinteractive.com/blog/2007/09/disadvantage-of-
> > > >> openid-and-web-services.html
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Dominick Accattato, CTO
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> > Dominick Accattato, CTO
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Dominick Accattato, CTO
Infrared5 Inc.
www.infrared5.com
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