[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
>>
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     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/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>             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
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>>             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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