OpenID in desktop apps

[jDavid]

There are two OS level implementations I know of, CardSpace, and MS
Pasport.  Maybe if there was an open one, it might be adopted.  Is
anyone aware of an open version of CardSpace or MS Pasport?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Christopher St John <ckstjohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If we accept that authentication should eventually move beyond mere
>> usernames and passwords, I think that it becomes much more obvious why we
>> should think very hard about popping out of desktop apps and into the
>> browser (or some context that allows for arbitrary authentication
>> mechanisms).
>>
>
> Chris, stop being evil :-)
>
> Yes, you. You're arguing that "in the future" it's "best for the users
> whether they like it or not" to "just do what the experts say"
> because it "will bring long term benefits although it does make
> things harder in the short term"
>
> Can you really say those things with a straight face? I suspect
> you know better! :-)
>
> Extensions at the operating system level will allow desktop apps
> to participate in flows like OAuth or OpenID without breaking the
> experience (either by supporting the flows directly, or providing a
> secure registry of credentials). That's great for the future, and is
> definitely worth pursing.
>
> But in the mean time, it's going against a lot of hard-won wisdom
> to suggest that making things _less_ convenient and _less_
> usable in the short term will win you anything other than a place
> on the (very long) list of "great authc/authz ideas that failed to
> win popular acceptance because, quite frankly, they were kind of
> a pain to use"
>
> So: make it easy now. Round off all the corners, then grease them.
> Optimize for the common case. Cut corners. Without success now,
> in the present, there is no glorious OpenID future.
>
> -cks
>
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