Comments | jbdeboer: Password-Free Zone

jbdeboer

Password-Free Zone

Jan 28, 2009 22:00

While working on my hawt new web app, I was somewhat sidetracked by OpenID, the open authentication model. It allows applications to authenticate users through a side-channel. The web app redirects the user to the OpenID server to log in. Then the app will connect directly to the OpenID server which says 'Yes, this user is who they say they are ( Read more... )

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pphaneuf January 29 2009, 20:21:06 UTC

Can you log into your normal LiveJournal account with OpenID? That'd be nice. From what I remember, you could get some "identification", but not really associate it with an existing account...

ext_155755 January 29 2009, 21:52:41 UTC

I think you can start a new journal using it, but I can't figure out how to associate it with my existing account; not very useful.

ext_156670 January 29 2009, 22:41:12 UTC

Ok, it's the same as before, then. Checked just now, and no, you can't add a journal, those OpenID pseudo-accounts are really weak. Just look at your "name" (or mine, eek!), you can't even change that it seems...