[OpenID] Google OpenID IDP is now live

[Andrew Arnott]

Forgive my apparent ignorance, but this doesn't look like a standard OpenID
Provider.  I just tried to log into my own RP typing in "google.com" to use
directed identity, since I have no idea what my own identifier URL would be,
and no endpoints were found.  Also tried "gmail.com".
When I read the blog, it mentioned OpenID but the link was to register for
federated login.  I thought Shibboleth was about federated login and OpenID
was about letting any RP log into an IDP.  Why does an RP have to register
with Google before using its IDP?  And even if it registered, that can't
automatically make "google.com" discoverable, so this doesn't feel like
OpenID at all to me.

Unhappy, but hoping someone can explain it to me.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Eric Sachs <esachs at google.com> wrote:

> Google's IDP is now live.  You can try it on Plaxo, ZoHo, & Buxfer and
> hopefully more RPs to come soon.  Here is the blog post with more details,
> including information on how RPs can sign up to use the service:
>
>
> http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/10/google-moves-towards-single-sign-on.html
>
> And yes, it does allow RPs to request a user's E-mail address via AX as an
> option.  I'll let Joseph Smarr from Plaxo respond with details on how they
> are using that feature to further simplify the signup flow for Plaxo.
>
> Eric Sachs
> Product Manager, Google Security
>
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