[MLUG] OpenID

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Have you guys learned yet about OpenID?...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID

Some guys I've been working with up here thought we should use OpenID for 
authentication on a secure web-based data management system we are 
developing.  After considerable thought on the matter I have decided 
against it.  It seems to be a popular new thing but I find some problems: 
(1) if an OpenID server provider goes out of business, all users of that 
provider are unable to log in, (2) adding a third party to the 
authentication system requires more network and server availability than 
the usual client/server system, (3) the process is a little more complex 
than what most users are used to and this requires that users be trained 
on OpenID, (4) the login is a little more onerous than the usual 
username/password combo system and finally (5) the purported benefit to 
users, that they don't need to remember so many usernames and passwords, 
is lost if the user is not using OpenID at other web sites.

Have any of you used OpenID?  Any opinions?

Mike

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