[Freedombox-discuss] OpenID by small players [was Re: A Simple Server Setup Guide]

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 08/22/2011 05:02 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> On 22 August 2011 10:52, Olivier Schwander

>> What do you mean ? If livejournal provides a compliant OpenID, it should
>> be accepted by other consumers. Do you mean there is a filter on
>> livejournal identities ?
> 
> These days OpenID is oriented towards Google, Facebook, Yahoo,
> Microsoft logins etc.  (aka NASCAR).  Basically the board of the
> OpenID foundation, which is what you'd expect.
> 
> The smaller sites such as live journal are normally lucky to get a
> look in.  Self hosted identities, are all but forgotten, in the
> community.

Hrm, i'm not sure what "lucky" means in this context.  If a site accepts
OpenID logins (an OpenID "consumer"), it should accept any OpenID for
authentication purposes.  Are you saying that there are specific OpenID
consumers out there that do not *authorize* the use of their site with
an OpenID other than the big players?

May First/People Link [0] (not one of the corporate megaliths) has been
hosting its own OpenID service for years now.  We just transitioned from
the Jan Rain provider code to a drupal-based OpenID provider arrangement
[1].

The standard itself has certainly changed over the years, but there is
modern free software available to provide the latest implementation, and
it interoperates reasonably well from what i've seen.

I'd be curious to hear specific reports of OpenID lockout attempts.

	--dkg

[0] https://mayfirst.org/
[1] https://support.mayfirst.org/ticket/3409

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