[OpenID] https discovery & login for AOL at long last?

[John Bradley]

Expect positive news from AOL.

They have been working very hard behind the scenes.

They have openID 2.0 RP support enabled on some of there sites.
They don't get proper credit for that.

I can confirm that they are in testing for the GSA pilot as a openID  
2.0 OP.

John B.
On 2009-09-16, at 5:27 PM, Peter Watkins wrote:

> Wired says that the US federal governmment will soon let people
> log in to government Web sites with OpenID identifiers from a select
> few RPs, including AOL
> 	http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/feds-embrace-openid/
>
> The Wired article implies that AOL has https-only authentication  
> enabled:
>
> "These companies have undergone a certification process designed by  
> the
> Information Card Foundation, the OpenID Foundation and the federal
> government that guarantees certain privacy safeguards. For instance,
> the sites have to use SSL to handle logins"
>
> Does AOL finally have https-secured OpenID authentication? Perhaps  
> with
> directed identity? The only way I know to use directed identity with  
> AOL
> is via http://openid.aol.com/. That server does have a certificate  
> installed,
> but the cert is for api.screenname.aol.com, and https://api.screenname.aol.com/
> is not a valid URL for OpenID discovery.
>
> Does this .gov news release herald a rebirth of AOL as an OpenID RP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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