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Hans Granqvist wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The number of "usages" - I assume you mean the number of RP
authentication requests - to determine that figure, you'd need
information from the logs of all OpenID Providers.
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How about devising a dead-simple voluntary protocol where
an OP (perhaps also RP) could ping, say <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openid.net/usage">http://openid.net/usage</a>
for the sole purpose of collection of such stats?
GET /usage?op=example.com&event=n HTTP/1.1
where n is an int defining the event (successful auth, sreg used, etc).
(Can be abused, sure. /usage can check source IP to OP for obvious
system gaming. Maybe that's enough of deterrent.)
Any takers? Shouldn't take more than a day or so to implement. I can
help if there is anyone who can host the service.
-Hans</pre>
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Could this have some implications concerning privacy issues? RP data
and OP data could be combined under certain circumstances, which could
reveal some information? Not sure, but this idea should be evaluated
carefully!<br>
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