[OpenID] First Production RP starts accepting openID at NIH

[Andrew Arnott]

Very exciting!  Thanks for keeping us informed, John.
--
Andrew Arnott
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:23 AM, John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com> wrote:

> I have been in DC for the last week, working with Gov agencies to prepare
> them for Open Identity.
>
> The NIH sponsored a workshop on Thursday where we publicly demonstrated the
> first production RP connected to the NIH's openID enabled SSO.
>
> The first application is a closed research application.   However people at
> the conference used there Google and Yahoo openIDs to gain access.
>
> We also demonstrated the openID selectors from MS and Higgins that were
> shown at IIW.
>
> I met with a number of agencies both inside and outside NIH who were
> impressed at the real progress we have made.   They are now seeing this is
> real and not just more talk.    We have another NIH RP of more general
> interest who are now asking to go live ASAP in the new year.
>
> The NIH SSO is a version of CA SiteMinder modified with Andrew Arnott's
> DNOA library.   This has been in testing for a number of months and agencies
> currently using the SSO for SAML and PKI can now elect to add openID and
> information cards to the credentials they are willing to accept from the
> SSO.
>
> I want to commend the Board and Don Thibeau the foundations ED,  for
> putting effort into the ICAM trust framework and making this possible.  I
> realize there are competing priorities.
>
> I know the pace of progress seems slow from the outside, but for government
> work this is progressing with blinding speed.
>
> I just want  to let people know there is real progress being made with the
> US Gov.
>
>
> Regards
> John Bradley
>
>
>
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