[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[John Panzer]

Eric Norman wrote:
> 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
>
>   
At IIW, there were several discussions around 'synonyms' in various 
contexts.  The idea being that RPs can record multiple OpenIDs per 
account, perhaps in some cases discovered semi-automatically through AX, 
and thus have the ability for users to ride out N-1 simultaneous OP 
failures or account closures. 
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