OpenID Articles
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A Primer for OpenID with PHP
by Jack Herrington
Sep 21, 2007
OpenID is another one of those "cool technologies you've never heard of" type of deals. OpenID is an open source initiative that provides a way for Web users to register their identity in one place and then use that identity anywhere on the Web that supports OpenID. This means that, as a user, you don't have to keep creating (and remembering) new user names and passwords at every site you visit. And, as a service provider, you can identify and authenticate users that show up at your site without having to do all of the user management involved in giving them access. The list of services that support OpenID is growing, but not as fast as it should be given how cool and useful OpenID is. Hopefully, this article will help with that. Read More... -
OpenID Token Exchange Protocol
by Praveen Alavilli, George Fletcher, and Srinivas Lingutla
Sep 21, 2007
OpenID Token Exchange is an OpenID service extension that enables a Relying Party to receive authentication tokens from OpenID identity providers. The tokens can be used by the Relying Party to invoke services from Service Providers on behalf of the user. The request and response messages are described in this document. More... -
Securing the Blogosphere Through OpenID: An Introduction
by Eston Bond
May 18, 2007
In Part 1 of his OpenID article series, Eston Bond delineates the problem of identity on the Web, shows how OpenID offers the best solution available today, and talks about the technical issues related to implementing OpenID on individual user sites. More... -
Securing the Blogosphere Through OpenID: Relying Parties, Unite
By Eston Bond
Sep 20, 2007
More than 120 Million OpenID URLs have been created by identity providers, but there are still relatively few sites where you can log in using OpenID. In his second article on OpenID, Eston Bond analyzes the technology's current state and emerging trends. Read More... -
OpenID and the Value of Connected Identity
by Fred Stutzman
Feb 21, 2007
OpenID is a decentralized, user-centric URI-based identity protocol. In this article, Fred Stutzman, co-founder of OpenID provider ClaimID.com, describes the problem of disconnected identity, the solution offered by OpenID, and the history and future of the OpenID specification. More...
» Submitted by Developer Network on July 17, 2007 - 10:26am.