[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Gabe Wachob]

The XRD descriptor allows listing of multiple OpenID providers - for just
this (and other) reasons. 

Regardless of the mechanism, I don't know how current implementations do
"fallback" - it's not clear how an RP would detect that an OP like
myopenid.com is "down". For example, in the example given, the auth page
loads just fine - it's "administratively" down, but still reachable by a
browser... 

	-Gabe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Martin Fick
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:09 PM
> To: Dominick Accattato; general at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID] OpenId downtime
> 
> --- 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
> 
> Hmm, this is why I just joined this list, to see if
> there is a good answer for that question?  There is no
> way I am going to commit to a single point of failure
> for all of my services, even if I control it!
> 
> Has there been any thought of using DNS records in
> a similar fashion to MX records for email to provide
> a backup openid service?  This way I can run my own
> service but have the OX, Openid Records,:) point to an
> 
> alternate provider if my service is down.
> 
> -Martin
> 
> 
> 
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