[OpenID] Negotiating a backup OP from the current OP

[Dick Hardt]

On 27-Jun-08, at 4:00 PM, SitG Admin wrote:

> I was reading this:
> http://self-issued.info/?p=75
> (Posted to the board at openid.net list by Mike Jones.)
>
> I was disturbed to see, in the first paragraph, that OpenID would be
> accepted from "two" Providers; this is exactly the kind of lock-in
> that will effectively *lock-OUT* the small, independent Providers.

I agree.

If we want to have an open web, then we need to put the choice of OP  
into the hands of the user, not the RPs.

To do that, we need to evolve the protocol so that RPs don't feel they  
need to distinguish between OPs.

-- Dick