Map/Normalize Email Address to IdP/OP URL (Was [PROPOSAL] Handle"http://user at example.com" Style Identifiers)

[Evert | Rooftop]

What I don't really understand in this discussion is that..

http://user@example.org is a perfectly valid url and already in the spec..

Evert

Dick Hardt wrote:
> On 10-Nov-06, at 7:20 AM, David Fuelling wrote:
>
>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Jonathan Daugherty
>>> # I think that all this discussion about email userid is moving us  
>>> off
>>> # track.  My original proposal was that the email maps/normalizes  
>>> to a
>>> # URL of an IdP (the userid is ignored/not used).
>>> #
>>> # So, 'xyzzy at any.edu' would be treated as if the User had entered
>>> # 'http://any.edu' (the URL of their IdP/OP) into the OpenId login
>>> # form.
>>>
>>> Then why not just enter 'http://any.edu' or 'any.edu' instead?
>>>
>>> --
>>>   Jonathan Daugherty
>>>   JanRain, Inc.
>>>       
>> True, there's almost no difference on the OpenId side.  On the  
>> human side,
>> email is more familiar to a typical user (e.g., my Dad) who may not  
>> know
>> to try and strip off the "dad@" part of his email to use with OpenId.
>>
>> Plus, why do we **not** want OpenId to work with email addresses  
>> (assuming
>> we maintain the principals of User Centric Identity if we use them?)
>>     
>
>
> I strongly have the view that dad at example.com is a really bad idea.
>
> Your dad is not providing his password to the RP, and should not be  
> prompted for his username there.
>
> He should be prompted for the site he wants to get sent to where he  
> can then enter his credentials.
>
> This model is something your dad is likely even more familiar with,  
> typing in hostname into the address bar. Typing in the site where he  
> logs in is what he does at the OpenID prompt.
>
> btw: why is this thread cross posted?
>
> -- Dick
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