[OpenID] Negotiating a backup OP from the current OP

[Andrew Arnott]

Where does PAPE fall short of offering that?

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Andrew Arnott

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Dick Hardt <dick at sxip.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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