[OpenID] Can one use Generic OpenIds

[Boris Erdmann]

With the introduction of User-Supplied Identifier/Selected Identifier
in OpenID2.0
it would be possible that a user logs in with an OP-Local ID and then selects
a Role ID.

-- Boris

On 5/22/07, Leon Kuunders <leon at kuunders.info> wrote:
> 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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