<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:20 PM, John Kemp wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Opening up the list of accepted IdPs has some weird consequences when interacting with the government (as opposed to others)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">E.g.:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What about an IdP in Russia or China?<br></blockquote><br>What services would the US government offer someone whose identity is asserted by a foreign IdP?<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Right now, NASA is providing data to foreign countries during international disasters. We temporarily trust the IdP for the duration of the emergency. [or at least that's the plan using openid :) ]</div><div><br></div><div>Pat.</div></body></html>