[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Dominick Accattato]

agreed.  Has that already been documented cause it should probably be a
technical note to implementers.

On Dec 6, 2007 6:44 PM, Simon Willison <simon at simonwillison.net> wrote:

> 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
>



-- 
Dominick Accattato, CTO
Infrared5 Inc.
www.infrared5.com
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