Email Address to URL Transformation

[Paul E. Jones]

Folks,

 

I had asked about this a couple of years ago and I noted that a few others
have also inquired about it.

 

What I had proposed before was a translation using NAPTR records in DNS.
For example, for my own ID (http://openid.packetizer.com/paulej) would be
translated using the NAPTR record as shown below:

 

@ IN NAPTR 100 10 "u" "E2U+OpenID"
"!^(.+)@packetizer.com$!http://openid.packetizer.com/\\1!i" .

 

I actually put this record into the DNS for packetizer.com, so you can see
it.  This does a simple translation from an email address style to a URL.
It has the proposed service type "E2U+OpenID".  Using NAPTR records and
email addresses would be entirely optional, of course: some users may not
have the same OP as the entity providing email service.  But, I think this
would be very useful for those who do, including any enterprises that might
want to use OpenID internally.

 

What was the final outcome of this or is it still under discussion?

 

Paul

 

From: specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf
Of David Recordon
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:51 PM
To: arshad.khan at channel321.com
Cc: specs at openid.net
Subject: Re: Email Address to URL Transformation

 

Hey Arshad,

This is now something we're talking about supporting in OpenID
Authentication 2.1 though it isn't yet clear whether it will support a
transformation technique like EAUT or something else.

 

--David

 

On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Arshad Khan wrote:





Does OpenID 2.0 support 'Email Address to URL Transformation (EAUT)?

 

There is some info on this page of what EAUT is:

 

http://blog.vidoop.com/archives/139

 

Has Vidoop developed this outside OpenID 2.0 framework?

 

Thanks.

 

Arshad

 

 

 

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