OpenID

Overview

OpenID is a reasonably new authentication method that puts the user in control of their own identity but turning their blog or site into their identity. When you think about it your site/blog is a representation of what you are online already, why not take that concept a bit further by using it to let you login everywhere else.

Status

Researching

ToDo

• Setup OpenID on your own site identify you. [Done]
  • Convince others to do the same.
• Setup your site to accept OpenID login from other users.
  • Convince others to do the same

Goal

• Infrastructure that lets me login everywhere using my site as my identity.

Current Research

• 06:28/2007: Verisign Seatbelt, an extension for Firefox that monitors for when your logging in via OpenID and runs a series of checks and balances to ensure that you're not doing it insecurely or being phished.
  • AOL's 63 million users(includes AIM users) all have OpenIDs now.