[OpenID] [Off-list] ANN: OpenID4Java 0.9.4 - OpenID draft 12 and AX draft 7 support
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
eddy_nigg at startcom.org
Sun Sep 30 20:32:58 UTC 2007
Oooouuups! Sorry guys, that should have been off-list. Didn't had the
intention to use the list for promotion.
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:
> Posting off-list. If you need a quick solution for a server with
> apache and tomcat, have a look at our StartCom Linux AS-5. Installing
> and configuring the basic modes is fairly easy. Make sure to include
> httpd and tomcat5 during initial install. Afterwards check if you need
> additional mod_* packages for apache or oder stuff...
>
> Steven Livingstone wrote:
>> Really? Then maybe i'll put more effort into trying that out. This is
>> the kind of information that is very useful for people intending to
>> use the libraries.
>>
>> I'm not familiar with (but happy to spend time on) Tomcat, JSP and
>> some of the technologies that were mentioned (for my sins i am far
>> more familiar with IIS and .Net), so i was a little concerned i would
>> put in all the time to get it working only to find it doesn't provide
>> me with what i expected (as happened in the PHP case).
>>
>> As a start i'd just like to see something that allows (and has
>> implemented) simple registration against a file system, xml file
>> and/or rdbms (with a well known schema and data classes provided) and
>> authentication using OpenID4Java. I would even change application
>> server to use Apache if setting it up OpenID4Java was well documented
>> (the home page for it looks good anyway!).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steven
>> http://livz.org
>>
>>
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>> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:43:36 +0200
>> From: eddy_nigg at startcom.org
>> To: weblivz at hotmail.com
>> CC: johnny at sxip.com; general at openid.net
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID] ANN: OpenID4Java 0.9.4 - OpenID draft 12
>> and AX draft 7 support
>>
>> If there would be a decent library and implementation for PHP in
>> the same quality and extend like OpenID4Java I'd buy that too.
>> So I guess that a complete client (and server implementation) for
>> PHP would make integration with the most popular 'so called Web
>> 2.0" applications even easier. However whatever was available up
>> to now for PHP doesn't match OpenID4Java...not even close.
>>
>> Steven Livingstone wrote:
>>
>> This is a very good idea.
>>
>> This week i installed the PHP version on IIS, only to find a
>> README after a decent number of hours (wasn't easy to set up
>> as i have zero PHP knowledge) that said no authentication or
>> anything was available. I can understand why for illustration
>> purposes, but the next logical step is to add this kind of
>> stuff so you can get a full implementation one can start using.
>>
>> I looked at the Java version too only to realize it seems to
>> be similar, so i like your suggestion :)
>>
>> steven
>> http://livz.org <http://livz.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:47:01 +0200
>> From: eddy_nigg at startcom.org <mailto:eddy_nigg at startcom.org>
>> To: johnny at sxip.com <mailto:johnny at sxip.com>
>> CC: general at openid.net <mailto:general at openid.net>
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID] ANN: OpenID4Java 0.9.4 - OpenID
>> draft 12 and AX draft 7 support
>>
>> I had the chance to browse the API a little bit and
>> OpenID4Java looks extremely promising, specially since it
>> really seems to be up2date including the various
>> extensions. Hadn't any time to install and do some
>> coding, which leads me actually to make a suggestion,
>> which some community member could pick up perhaps:
>>
>> How about providing a complete client and server
>> implementation with all the whistle and bells which could
>> be configured in a config or from DB? I could imagine
>> that once something installable would be available, it
>> actually would be used much more (including sql scripts
>> etc). I could also imagine, to provide some hooks for
>> popular forums and blogs, i.e. redirect authentication to
>> the OpenID4Java client and post the result back...
>>
>> Specially the availability of extensions like Attribute
>> Exchange could improve the (security) status of OpenID
>> further, meaning that actual implementations are using it.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd.
>> <http://www.startcom.org/>
>> Jabber: startcom at startcom.org
>> Blog: Join the Revolution! <http://blog.startcom.org/>
>> Phone: +1.213.341.0390
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnny Bufu wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I am pleased to announce the release of a new version of the
>> OpenID4Java library - v0.9.4. It now supports the following
>> specifications:
>>
>> OpenID Authentication 2.0, draft 12
>> OpenID Authentication 1.1 (in compatibility mode)
>> OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0, draft 7
>> OpenID Simple Registration 1.0 and 1.1
>> OpenID Provider Authentication Policy Extension 1.0, draft 1
>> OpenID Information Cards 1.0, draft 1
>>
>> You can give it a try by downloading the package, or see it in action
>> as it powers the server-side of the recently released Sxipper 1.0.
>>
>> Library home (source, docs and wiki):
>> http://code.google.com/p/openid4java/
>>
>> Package download:
>> http://code.sxip.com/openid4java/
>>
>> API docs:
>> http://code.sxip.com/openid4java/apidoc/
>>
>> Please send your feedback, feature requests or issues you may find on
>> the google discussion group at:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/openid4java
>>
>>
>> Thanks, and enjoy OpenID!
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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