[OpenID] Verisign Seatbelt "vs" ClaimOP/RP -- OpenID not so openanymore?

[Eric Norman]

On May 29, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Recordon, David wrote:

>  2) OpenID Providers are already starting to look at ways they can
> protect their users from phishing by using authentication technologies
> other than username and password.  While OpenID thrusts the phishing
> issue into the lime-light, it is a larger problem on the web which
> technologists are already looking at.  Options such as certificates
> (whether they be through something like CardSpace or browser certs like
> MyOpenID.com and Certifi.ca are doing) provide one means to help with
> this problem.

Another place you might want to look for certificates
in the higher education community is http://www.usherca.org

Although I having a hard time understanding why someone
would want to go through the OpenID dance when the use
of client certificates can do the same thing directly.

Eric Norman