[OpenID board] Why Connect?

[Dick Hardt]

Interesting timing. I just wrote up a scenario to tease out the conversation somewhat. It is my next post to the list.

On 2010-05-24, at 8:27 PM, Manger, James H wrote:

> Dick,
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> I would appreciate an expansion of your thoughts (perhaps just a few dot points) on which Internet identity problems or use cases an OAuth-based approach is likely to miss, but OpenID (2.0 or v.Next) is likely to address.
> 
> Sometimes I find it hard to remember the bigger picture when swamped with technical details.
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> -- 
> James Manger
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> From: openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Dick Hardt
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 12:23 PM
> To: Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Cc: Joseph Smarr; OpenID Board (public); openid-specs at lists.openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Why Connect?
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> ...
>>> OpenID Connect as currently envisioned misses many of the internet identity
>>> use cases.
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> 
> ...I also think Connect has not holistically looked at what the broader internet identity problems are, and is painting itself into an architecture corner.
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> As a creator of the OAuth hammer, I can see you view this as an OAuth nail. I don't see it that way.
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> ...
> I see OpenID as a solution for the Internet Identity Problem.  agree that many have viewed OpenID as a protocol, and one that was good enough. OpenID v.Next is queuing up to provide a holistic solution. The process for v.Next was started a couple months ago. As you know, these things take time.