[OpenID] Rule of thumb

[Eric Norman]

On Jul 21, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Recordon, David wrote:

> My view is just as we talk about one of the RP benefits to using OpenID
> is that Providers will be experts in user management so that you as an
> RP can focus on building your cool app, I think we'll also see
> reputation and trust experts emerge as services.  Thus a RP will choose
> one, or more, of them they wish to rely on when interacting with new
> OpenIDs.  Just like there are many types of RBLs for email and an email
> administrator chooses which one they'd like to use.

One of the phenomena I sense in these discussions is
intertwining (and possible confusion) of two notions:
(1) using OpenID as a mechanism to hook up with sundry
"trust" services, and (2) the trustworthiness of the
OpenID "hooking up" mechanisms themselves (e.g. the
protocols).

I wonder what can be done or said to make the
separation clearer.  I'm sorry I don't have any
good answers to that, but maybe at least identifying
it might help.

Eric Norman
http://ejnorman.blogspot.com