[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[David Recordon]

It seems you already do this today with an email address from  
yahoo.com.  I could imagine a scenario like email where the majority  
of OpenID Providers are these very large service providers which  
already handle services that can't go down.

--David

On Dec 6, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Martin Fick wrote:

> --- 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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