[OpenID] OpenID Provider Server in Perl

[Nat Sakimura]

Wow! Congratulations and many thanks!

=nat

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Paul E. Jones <paulej at packetizer.com> wrote:
> Folks,
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> We looked at a few options for implementing an OpenID Provider (identity)
> server on our site, but didn’t see any options out there that met our
> particular requirements.  So, we wrote one from scratch.
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> I cannot say that it’s been extensively tested, but so far it has worked for
> us.  It implements the OpenID 2.0 spec, complies with part of the 1.1 spec,
> and (as far as we know) only lacks a few things we deliberately decided not
> to implement.  Specifically, there is a “dumb” mode in 1.1 that we do not
> support.  Also, we do not support checkid_immediate, always returning
> setup_needed.  (We might implement the latter if we saw good reason.  If we
> understood the spec correctly, checkid_immediate could allow a person to log
> out of a web site, leave the browser open, and another person sit down and
> login, bypassing a proper authentication step.)
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> In any case, we wanted to provide the software for others to enjoy.  It’s
> entirely open source, written in Perl, uses MySQL, and is intended to be
> easily integrated into an existing web site, but could be installed as-is
> (just modifying the config files with appropriate values).  There is a PDF
> document in the download that contains more information, including
> everything you need to know to get it installed.  You can grab a copy here:
> http://www.packetizer.com/security/openid/
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> If you are working on something similar or want to collaborate on this
> software to work out any issues, I’d be happy to collaborate with you.
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> Cheers!
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> Paul
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