[OpenID] Rule of thumb

[John Wang]

I don't see a contradiction with having a few OpenIDs for low-value SSO and
a number of institutionally provided OpenIDs for higher value
authentication.


On 7/12/07, John Wang <jwanggroups at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/12/07, Simon Willison <simon at simonwillison.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/12/07, Peter Williams <pwilliams at rapattoni.com> wrote:
> > > I keep reading over and over again that only end-users (i.e. the
> > > students) select their OP; and can migrate it to various providers, at
> >
> > > their whim. Or, register it with several providers -- in OpenID2.
> > >
> > > Isn't the concept of OpenID (user-centric id) contradictory with the
> > > notion that one has an "institutionally-provided OpenID"?
> >
> > I don't think so at all, for a bunch of reasons
>
>
> I can see many larger RPs issuing their own institutional-provided
> OpenIDs, especially when they have some in-person verification in place
> already.
>
> I don't see a contradiction with having a few
>



-- 
John Wang
http://www.dev411.com/blog/
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