full-disclosure - Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web?

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:07:06 +0000
From: "Petko D. Petkov" <pdp.gnucitizen@...glemail.com>
To: Gorn <gorn@...all.nl>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the
	web?

agree :)

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Gorn <gorn@...all.nl> wrote:
> Petko D. Petkov wrote:
>  > Indeed but this can be a subsystem, a feature of the OpenID provider.
>  > For example, some OpenID providers have the feature to choose
>  > different persons depending on the usage. So it will be easier to
>  > safeguard a persona within one openid provider. So for example, in my
>  > current OpenID setup I have two personas. One for daily use which is
>  > completely useless and one for mission critical stuff. Although the
>  > mission critical persona is not safeguarded :) (lack of
>  > functionalities here) if such a feature is implemented, wouldn't be
>  > that much better? :)
>  >
>  That could be, I was more hinting to the open structure of OpenID. If
>  you don't trust a provider choose another one. Other frameworks for
>  online authentication/autorization don't offer this flexibility, one
>  provider only, like passport.
>  OpenID offers the possibility to offer competing authentication services
>  provided by different providers. So you don't have to put all your eggs
>  in one basket. (it is easter after all)
>
>
>
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