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OpenID biggest government boost yet for open source

We still need to come up with a fool proof way to keep hackers from resetting your Yahoo, Google, MSN, or AOL account and taking control of your identity. Of course it also has to be easy for the REAL owner to recover his password if he forgets it. Open...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

OpenID, meet the U.S. government

In other words...IOW, these vendors are colluding with the government on a "bar code on your forehead" type identity plan. Won't be long now...this "identity" will be require to buy or sell...as prophesied long ago....Yep!Just like MS tried and failed!You ALREADY can't do anything without a Passport, Picture ID,...

Tags: Government, OpenID, U.S. Government

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

OpenID, meet the U.S. government

The U.S. government has now joined the OpenID effort. Ten technology players said Wednesday that they will support President Obama's initial pilot programs to make it easier to register and work with government Web sites. OpenID is an identity system for the Web that lets people use...

Tags: Web, Web Site, U.S. Government, OpenID, Government, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Google OpenID's it up with Google Apps

Google OpenID's it up with Google AppsI would rather use passport...And I will :) RE: Google OpenID's it up with Google Appshow salesforce supports OpenID ? please paste a link to some document having instructions. thanks!

Tags: cloud computing, OpenID, Google Inc., Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Google Apps users to get OpenID authentication

Google Apps users to get OpenID authenticationLeveraging Google-enabled OpenID accountsFor anyone wanting to accept registration and login from the 1+ million Google-enabled OpenID companies, check out http://rpxnow.com

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., OpenID authentication, OpenID, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-07-12

Facebook plays OpenID relay (with Gmail)

Facebook has started its implementation of OpenID with the first phase allowing new users to register with their Gmail accounts. Current users can connect Facebook with other OpenID accounts.  The social networking site joined OpenID's board in February.  In a blog post, Facebook said:...

Tags: Facebook, Google Gmail, OpenID, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Facebook joins OpenID board; How will it Connect?

Facebook joins OpenID board; How will it Connect?Examples of integrated Facebook user experience with OpenIDWhile Facebook is not OpenID enabled today, through its API websites are able to offer users an integrated experience. Take a look at https://www.mixx.com/login?return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixx.com%2F , http://uservoice.com/session/new , or http://www.kalydo.com/#openid Re: Centralized Authentication SystemIt will be...

Tags: Corporate governance, SECURITY, OpenID, Facebook, OpenID board, board

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Will OpenID catch on?

Will OpenID catch on?There's a bit of chicken and egg as wellThere's a bit of chicken and egg as well - I've got an OpenID, but nowhere to use it. Very, very few places support OpenID.In addition, there are some places that support both OpenID and the classic username/password which...

Tags: E-mail, OpenID

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Will OpenID catch on?

A survey of more than 300 people shows that few people have heard of OpenID, and even fewer are actually using it. Chris Messina, the guy with the guitar pictured here, has written up results of a survey conducted using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Messina, rightly, took...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Survey, OpenID, Marketing Research, Marketing, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Google supports OpenID, kind of

Google supports OpenID, kind ofGoogle says it's OpenID 2.0...if I understand their response correctly. Here's a snipplet of it, as quoted on openid.net:"Once the XRDS file is live, end-users should be able to use the service by typing gmail.com in the OpenID field of any login box that supports...

Tags: OpenID 2.0, OpenID, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Google supports OpenID, kind of

Google has just started supporting kind of the OpenID standard for authentication. The problem is that Google has mangled the protocol -- the most noticeable change is how the username is an email address rather than a URL. As NeoSmart points out though, it's a shame that Google...

Tags: Google Inc., OpenID, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam

The days when organizations carefully cultivated vast data centers consisting of an endless sea of hardware and software are not over, at least not yet. However, the groundwork for their eventual transformation and downsizing is rapidly being laid in the form of something increasingly known as “cloud computing.” This network-based...

Tags: Service, Enterprise Cloud Computing, Multitenancy, OpenID, Cloud Computing, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?

Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?I don't think so. Every OpenID is also a URL that means the use of OpenID naturally requires the services of VeriSign's DNS.Just because DNS is used to resolve a part of the URL (the openid.org part for example) doesn't mean...

Tags: Domain names, OpenID

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?

I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...

Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?

Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?Translation..."Less attractive is allowing users from other sites to log into your services...."Translated: it's a security risk. From the business' standpoint, they want to own the user. But also...they would have to trust the credentials coming in from an external issuer,...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenID, security, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Microsoft and Google join OpenID, but where's Cisco?

TechMeme is reporting that Microsoft, Google, Verisign, and IBM have all joined the OpenID board. Yahoo and Google are involved or getting involved with OpenID. But that's not enough. As Michael Arlington at Techcrunch points out: But it’s not clear that any of them are...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., TechMeme, OpenID, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Google, IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign join Yahoo on OpenID

Google, IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign join Yahoo on OpenIDWhere's Amazon?Great news, but where is Amazon Web Services on OpenID? They need to bring out a service to their 300,000 strong developer community ASAP. More on my blog:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/where-is-amazon-on-openid/Best,BWSingle point of failure...I don't want it...Thanks, but no thanks! I'll...

Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, OpenID, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., VeriSign Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

openid: The once and future enterprise Single Sign-On?

openid: The once and future enterprise Single Sign-On?Well, that's historyObviously, this will be one of the first things to go under the new management. Microsoft already has their online identity roadmap, and this isn't it.Federated identity: B2C or B2B?You'd have thought that the lack of an open standards process...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Phishing, SECURITY, VeriSign Inc., Yahoo! Inc., OpenID, openID, single sign-on, future enterprise

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

OpenID for unlocking enterprise value

OpenID for unlocking enterprise valueI think it's more conservatism and trust issues rather than economics.I'm not sure he has a completely solid handle on the economics, really. Sounds to me like he's inventing his economics as he goes along.I'm not sure economics is really to blame for the apparent lack...

Tags: OpenID, conservatism

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

OpenID for unlocking enterprise value

Neville Hobson's views on OpenID struck a chord:It seems to me that OpenID is still a very early-adoption technology, the domain of serious geeks and tech enthusiasts.Well, I’m as enthusiastic as the next geek but I just don’t really get OpenID yet.Since reading Neville's piece, I've been trying to contextualize...

Tags: Groupware, Dennis Howlett, OpenID, Plaxo Inc.

Blog posts 2007-08-22