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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:50:19 -0500
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the
 web?

--On Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:18 AM -0700 Steven Rakick 
<stevenrakick@...oo.com> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm curious what the group thinks about the recent
> surge in support for OpenID across the web and the
> impact it will have.
>
> 1) Beemba - http://www.beemba.com
> 2) ClaimID - http://www.claimid.com
> 3) MyOpenID - http://www.myopenid.com
> 4) Many others...
>
> These sites are gaining in popularity quickly and with
> the announcements of support from big players Yahoo,
> AOL, Microsoft and Google, combined with smaller
> web2.0 celeb-run sites like Digg, OpenID appears to
> what will eventually be the norm.
>
> Thoughts?
>

In general, I am opposed to anything that encourages people to use the same 
id and password across multiple domains.  The potential for complete 
compromise of everything you have/own/are is too great.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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