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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/08/introducing-amazon-virtual-private-cloud-vpc.html">http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/08/introducing-amazon-virtual-private-cloud-vpc.html</a>
has a signin form. Rather than “sign” a comment, you just login to
the commenting system (and can logout). Unlike google blogging, you don’t
need to have/retain a blog-side account.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, I signed in.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>First with home_pw.myopenid.com (using my good ol myopenid
account).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Second with <a href="http://xri.net/@blog*lockbox">http://xri.net/@blog*lockbox</a>
(the url form of my good ol XRI from freexri.com).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The really interesting part was the second login.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>The freexri.com OP UX notes the cid, and asks me to confirm
that this long number is my identity. ( I just said yes, like the average
consumer will). After all, this is all the OP knows about me, on the typepad
site, by design.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>After Openid Auth is all done, the commenting form then
views me as: <a href="mailto:contact.freexri.com/contact/@blog*lockbox">contact.freexri.com/contact/@blog*lockbox</a>
- a URL that presumably folks can use to followup with me about my own rant (seeing
as the site is a messaging frontend to my (hidden) emailbox).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Im not real competent enough in XRI and SEP selection
parameters to know… but I half believe that if I fiddle around with my
XRD enough I – the user! - can actually control the URL shown in (b).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are almost there! This was viable, mainstream and has
UCI (vs fb-style) features that were generally comprehensible. They gave me
what I USED TO THINK OPENID WAS ALL ABOUT (a bit of autonomy from providers).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It also revealed a feature that I don’t understand. The
XRI variant identity WAS SUPPOSED to do delegation to myopenid rather than the
XRI server showing its own login page as an OP. And, it USED TO WORK.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When I look at the config of my XRD (at my freexri.com site),
I note:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></strong>This i-service [openid] is bound to this specific XRI instead
of its authority. This means that it will not be shared by synonyms of this
XRI.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Im GUESSING that since the openid consumer focused (per the
spec) on the XRI cid rather than XRI synonym I used, the rules in my XRD mean
that typepad RP does NOT detect that I have delegation armed (for that
synonym).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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