[OpenID] OpenId downtime

[Martin Fick]

--- David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com> wrote:
> 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.

Ah, but what you seem to be overlooking is how 
they achieve this, they have DNS help!  With MX
records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mx_record
they can specify several servers (and rank them) 
through DNS which allows someone on the other 
side of the globe to spool their email if there
main servers go down.  

As a simple home user you too can get that 
capability with email without relying on having
several email addresses (a yahoo one, a gmail one...),
or having an HA site (multiple uplinks, multiple
backup servers...).  You can host your 
own email server (I do for non-list type mail,) 
and you can have your ISP easily spool your 
email for you if your email server or link goes 
down!  

This seems like it is a lot harder to do with
something like a web site?  Can I do it with 
openid?  Can I host my own openid server and have
my DNS records suggest a backup if my server is
down?

-Martin



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