[OpenID] Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update (August 2009)

[Story Henry]

If you want one click authentication that works with most current  
browsers, that does not require a username, nor a password, and where  
the browser offers the user a popup to select his idenity then have a  
look at foaf+ssl.

http://esw.w3.org/topic/foaf+ssl

An example implementation is http://foaf.me/
which will create a certificate for you in Firefox, Safari and Opera  
after you created your foaf file. (We could get IE to work too but it  
requires a bit of ActiveX (no download required) hacking.

Henry

On 29 Aug 2009, at 20:21, John Bradley wrote:

> I have never thought that training users to give out there email  
> address to whoever asks for it is a good idea.
>
> I understand the attraction of using email address as it is the  
> identifier that requires the least explanation.
>
> Would having someone enter there email or identity provider be too  
> confusing for people.
>
> I always thought your me.yahoo.com was a good model.
>
> Where we are going to hit serious problems first is with services  
> like openID for google domains, and OPX now from JainRain.
>
> The current NASCAR doesn't have enough space for thousands of OPs.
>
> One approach is to come up with a way for users to advertise to RP  
> who there preferred providers are.
> That way the RP can customize the UI more appropriately for the user.
>
> One approach would be a browser plugin that injects java script into  
> the page.
>
> Another would be to have a centralized discovery service, that a RP  
> could query via JS in the browser.
> OP's would register themselves with the service.
>
> The latter certainly has privacy issues.
>
> John B.
> On 29-Aug-09, at 12:42 PM, Allen Tom wrote:
>
>> How about if we ditch the OP buttons and just display this:
>>
>> Enter your email address or Profile URL: [...................]
>>
>> Allen
>>
>>
>> John Bradley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A better UI is needed however.
>>>
>>
>
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