[OpenID] OpenID based on email addresses... Just Works!

David Recordon drecordon at sixapart.com
Thu Oct 30 05:14:42 UTC 2008


Can you use POBox.com with david at yahoo.com?  For the added complexity  
I just don't think it's worth it considering you already can't  
delegate your email.  If you control the domain then you can choose  
your Provider, otherwise you're at the mercy of who controls the  
domain.  Don't like it, then don't use your Yahoo account as your  
OpenID.  IMHO.

--David

On Oct 29, 2008, at 9:48 PM, David Fuelling wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com 
> > wrote:
> Yeah, I think this general approach with the addition of knowing it  
> is an email, doing directed identity, and passing the email as  
> OpenID.identity is a good one. I really prefer to find a simple  
> solution that doesn't involve running a mapping service or mucking  
> with DNS.
>
> I agree with your sentiment, but treating "me at example.com" as just "http://example.com 
> " in every instance precludes me ever using a different Identity  
> Provider that is not "example.com", assuming I like example.com's  
> email service.
>
> For example, david at yahoo.com will always be tied to using Yahoo.com  
> as an OP.  At least with a mapping service, Yahoo.com could offer  
> it's users the ability to login with a Yahoo.com email address, but  
> utilize a different company (e.g., myopenid.com) as their OpenID  
> Provider (all configured from a Yahoo.com UI)

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