[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Eric Norman]

On Dec 6, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Dominick Accattato wrote:

> What happens when an OpenId provider is down:  
> http://www.alexanderinteractive.com/blog/2007/09/disadvantage-of- 
> openid-and-web-services.html

I'll just mention that this problem isn't peculiar to OpenID.
Informantion cards have the same problem.  With the current
design, every use of a managed card requires contact with the
IdP.  Similarly for Shibboleth.

The current Shibboleth answer is to build in enough redundancy
such that it never happens (barring natural catastrophes).

Regardless, it's is a question that needs an answer.

Eric Norman