[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Simon Willison]

On 12/6/07, 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

I think this is a solved problem - you do exactly the same thing you
do when a user forgets their password: e-mail them a one-time token
that allows them to click a link to log in to your site. Sites that
accept OpenID should have a "my OpenID isn't working" link in exactly
the same way that sites that use passwords have a "I've forgotten my
password" link.

Cheers,

Simon Willison