Changing the URL/i-name associated with a user

[Johannes Ernst]

I think this is perfectly valid -- but I'd really like it if we got  
the current specs out first ;-)

On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:58, Josh Hoyt wrote:

> On 10/26/06, Dan Lyke <danlyke at flutterby.com> wrote:
>> So changing the Identifiers you want to use with the site is a matter
>> of logging in with one of the Identifiers the site already knows  
>> about
>> (email me a magic cookie, login with my OpenID URL, whatever), and
>> adding another Identifier, and then optionally deleting the old
>> Identifier.
>
> This case is especially important if you know that you're going to
> lose control of an identifier. Unless you are using XRI with its
> canonical identifiers, it's critical for relying parties to support
> adding and removing identifiers from a site.
>
> A simple extension could be used that specifies to the RP in an
> authentication response that this identifier should take the place of
> another when you log in:
>
> (logging in with new.identifier)
>
> # The subject of this request is a synonym for http://old.identifier/
> openid.synonym.identifier=http://old.identifier/
>
> # Once you have established that the user controls this identifier,
> # you should replace references to http://old.identifer/ with the
> subject of this request
> openid.synonym.type=replace
>
> openid.identity=http://new.identifier/
>
> Then the RP will have to authenticate with http://old.identifier/ to
> know that it's really the same user and then prompt the user to make
> sure he wants to do it. This could make upgrading identifiers happen
> automagically on login.
>
> This is off the top of my head, so there could be major problems with
> it, but this particular issue is one that keeps haunting me.
>
> Josh
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Johannes Ernst
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