[OpenID] Can one use Generic OpenIds

[Leon Kuunders]

I don't know how this would work, other than having (possibly large) groups of
people share credentials for such a URL.
Is there a way around that issue?

cheers, --Leon.

Peter (pt) Sefton wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new here. I have tried to find an answer to my question via the
> archive and the rest of the web, but no luck.
> 
> Is it reasonable to use OpenId with generic IDs? For example could my
> employer, a university have a generic ID like
> http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff which would authenticate me as an
> anonymous staff member? We could then make a federation of universities
> who all trusted each other staff, maybe to provide WIFI.
> 
> For other cases which required the site I am visiting to know who I am,
> I could use http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff/my.name. 
> 
> Maybe I also have a role as a student:
> http://openid.myuni.edu.au/student/postgrad.
> 
> In this case I would not have to even remember all these URLs - the host
> site could have a kind of "Where are you from, what role do you have"
> form, so I would pick my home institution off a list, then say I'm a
> staff member and I want to remain anonymous, which is enough to generate
> the id: http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff
> 
> Is this being done already? Is it wrong in some way?
> 
> Peter
> 
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