What is Open ID?

Posted on February 5, 2008
Filed Under Information, Internet, Technology |

Open ID is an attempt to keep you from having to have a different user name and password for every website you go to. Imagine if your one profile, user name and password for your blogger blog worked when you left comments on your friends wordpress blog.

From OpenID.net Open ID is:

OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

Also from the website, who would use open ID:

For businesses, this means a lower cost of password and account management, while drawing new web traffic. OpenID lowers user frustration by letting users have control of their login.

For geeks, OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. OpenID takes advantage of already existing internet technology (URI, HTTP, SSL, Diffie-Hellman) and realizes that people are already creating identities for themselves whether it be at their blog, photostream, profile page, etc. With OpenID you can easily transform one of these existing URIs into an account which can be used at sites which support OpenID logins.

And because Open ID isn’t owned by one company you don’t have to worry about it going under over night or that a large corporation will change the terms of service in a negative way.

This week I plan on looking at Open ID for blogger and adding Open ID to Wordpress.org blogs.

To find out more information go to:
http://openid.net/

Comments

2 Responses to “What is Open ID?”

  1. Strumpet on February 6th, 2008 12:30 am

    I should really look into this. But, I still haven’t mastered the links in comments thing.

    I admit, though, I have not been practicing.

    I have been a bad Strumpet.

  2. jaredrbyer on February 6th, 2008 9:10 pm

    Wait - I am going to walk through applying it to your blogging.

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