[OpenID] Requiring Pseudonymous Identifier

SitG Admin sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com
Wed May 13 20:45:58 UTC 2009


>However, it does sound like a strange design decision.  I don't know 
>why an RP can't handle anonymous users without the help of an OP 
>giving those users a label.

It's for general access, acclimating users to OpenID by having them 
use that instead of a more traditional "site is open to everyone" 
approach; for their privacy, though, the RP doesn't distinguish 
between users that way. They all have the same (group) ACL, anyway :)

-Shade



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