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OpenID pre-announcement

Authored by: Dirk on Monday, May 28 2007 @ 09:56 am EDT

Not sure I understand what you're talking about ...

OpenID is not a centralized system, so there is no "the" OpenID server that can be down. And you wouldn't use an OpenID to log into your own site - that's what the standard Geeklog accounts are for and they still work like always, of course.

OpenID is really like remote authentication (as I already mentioned in the above article). Only there's now a standardized way to create a remote login, so a website doesn't have to support half a dozen different protocols.

OpenID pre-announcement

Authored by: LWC on Monday, May 28 2007 @ 12:31 pm EDT

Doesn't Geeklog connect somewhere to see if there really is such a user? And if that "somewhere" is down, doesn't it prevent the user from logging in?

Also, I thought I could settle for one global account instead of having multiple admin users in my multiple sites.

OpenID pre-announcement

Authored by: Dirk on Monday, May 28 2007 @ 02:07 pm EDT

Okay, but any server on the internet can be down at some point - that's the risk when you rely on someone else's resources. However, with OpenID you could run your own OpenID server - then it would be your problem when it's down.

Btw, the "one global account" would work just as well with the existing remote authentication (okay, since the Blogger module isn't working any more, you would effectively be restricted to using a LiveJournal account or roll your own authentication).

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