[PROPOSAL] Separate Public Identifier from IdP Identifier
Kevin Turner
kevin at janrain.com
Fri Oct 6 18:35:22 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 18:08 -0700, Marius Scurtescu wrote:
> The only problem it seems to solve is that of vanity identifiers.
> Switching IdPs where you had an IdP issued identity for the original
> IdP does not seem to be possible, you have no control over that
> original identity so you cannot use it anymore. If you had a vanity
> identity with the original IdP then switching only means pointing
> your vanity identity to the new IdP.
This much is true.
> Instead of dealing with vanity identities using the delegate tag why
> not let the IdP manage your vanity identities?
How does this work? I want to log in to an RP with my vanity identity,
what do I enter? How does the RP get from what I enter to my IdP?
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