[Hidden-tech] what's OPEN ID?

Jeff Rutherford jeff at jeffrutherford.com
Fri Apr 11 09:22:31 EDT 2008


Here's the wikipedia intro re: Open ID - and a link to the full entry.

To set up an Open ID account, probably the quickest way is to set it  
up via Yahoo. Here's the link: http://openid.yahoo.com/

OpenID is a shared identity service, which allows internet users to  
log on to many different web sites using a single digital identity,  
eliminating the need for a different user name and password for each  
site. OpenID is a decentralized, free and open standard that lets  
users control the amount of personal information they provide.
Using OpenID-enabled sites, web users do not need to remember  
traditional authentication tokens such as username and password.  
Instead, they only need to be registered with any OpenID "identity  
provider" (IdP). Since OpenID is decentralized, any website can use  
OpenID as a way for users to sign in; OpenID does not require a  
centralized authority to confirm a user's digital identity.
OpenID is increasingly gaining adoption among large sites, with  
organizations like AOL, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Orange,VeriSign,  
Yandex and Yahoo acting as providers.[1][2][3][4][5] In addition,  
integrated OpenID support has been made a high priority in Firefox  
3[6] and OpenID can be used with Windows CardSpace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID

Jeff Rutherford
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