[OpenID] Anybody here from MySpace?

[Johannes Ernst]

On 2008/07/27, at 10:28, Peter Williams wrote:

> Ok. We need to get serious. Full throated use of OpenID2 by the  
> likes of MySpace - with its impact on core intenet engineering and  
> credibility - requires IETF-grade engineering (and its rather inane  
> - but effective - security review processes). In particular, we have  
> to have a sound plan for OpenID3 and 4... that needs cooperation  
> with IETF/IESG for the internet-relevant parts of OpenID.
>
> We just have to be doing something about securing discovery properly  
> for the scale envisioned, particularly in light of the IPV6 era.  
> There are lots of core topics: address discovery, service provider  
> edge re-addressing, and all the other realities of the mainstream  
> internet core.
>
> Whilst I feel in my gut that OpenID Forum needs to provide a  
> framework for web types to operate and do their thing on topics such  
> as persistent naming through name-value pairs and schema writing  
> (areas that IETF culture is typically really bad at), there are  
> areas of OpenID that belong in the mainstream IETF forum.
>
> Can you articulate this (independent) view to the Board for me?

I can try. So far, I'm still trying to convince the other members of  
the board that having an 18-month plan (or whatever the timeframe) is  
a good idea, because we don't have one -- and in my view, it shows.




Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.


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