WebApp Sec: Re: OpenID and the web

[David Wall <dwall () yozons com>]

> I'm curious what the group thinks about the recent
> surge in support for OpenID across the web and the
> impact it will have.
>   
We've not seen any real surge beyond announcements from the tech providers.
> These sites are gaining in popularity quickly and with
> the announcements of support from big players Yahoo,
> Microsoft and Google, combined with smaller web2.0
> celeb-run sites like Digg, OpenID appears to what will
> eventually be the norm.
>
> Thoughts?
>   
Are you sure?  Passport and Liberty Alliance also had lots of press and 
support, but they never seemed to get off the ground in any big way any 
more than CORBA, X.500 directories/LDAP, PKI....
The ideas may be good, but cooperation among competitors has always been 
low and slow.
David


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