Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-11 Thread James Cridland
On 6/11/07, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I think I like the idea of the BBC offering an OpenID login option, rather than the BBC turning into yet another OpenID provider. You say yet another OpenID provider - yet the only 'real world' one I'm aware of right now is AOL... I think there's

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-11 Thread Nic James Ferrier
James Cridland [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 6/11/07, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I think I like the idea of the BBC offering an OpenID login option, rather than the BBC turning into yet another OpenID provider. You say yet another OpenID provider - yet the only 'real world' one I'm

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-11 Thread Michael Sparks
On Monday 11 June 2007 13:56, Nic James Ferrier wrote: Are these not real world OpenID providers? He might be referring to providers used by a large number of non-technical, non-geeky users. I suspect people who use the following services - which are all OpenIDs fall into that category: *

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-10 Thread James Cridland
I really want to understand how OpenID works from a login point of view. If anyone can easily point me to some PHP code that allows a user to log in via an OpenID, I'd dearly like to have a play with it for mediauk.com - I've failed, so far, to find anything that my little brain understands

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-10 Thread Christopher Woods
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 June 2007 11:58 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC I really want to understand how OpenID works from a login point of view. If anyone can easily point me to some PHP code that allows a user to log in via an OpenID, I'd dearly like

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-10 Thread Mario Menti
: [backstage] openID on the BBC I really want to understand how OpenID works from a login point of view. If anyone can easily point me to some PHP code that allows a user to log in via an OpenID, I'd dearly like to have a play with it for mediauk.com - I've failed, so far, to find anything that my

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OpenID is an excellent thing, but it still seems too complicated to explain to a consumer. Getting the BBC involved in sorting that problem out can only be a good thing. Lots of cool openid stuff from Simon Willison over here:

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Michael Smethurst
pure_gossip mr willison was seen emerging from a bbc corner office with what looked like sso people only t'other week... /pure_gossip -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jason Cartwright Sent: Tue 6/5/2007 9:39 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Woods
- From: Michael Smethurst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 June 2007 10:13 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC pure_gossip mr willison was seen emerging from a bbc corner office with what looked like sso people only t'other week... /pure_gossip

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I run my own PHP OpenID server on another of my domains (christopher.woods.name - I bought it and failed to have a use for it until suddenly I realised it'd make the perfect domain for an OpenID identity :) However, I've noted that there's already

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Brendan Quinn
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods Sent: 05 June 2007 13:52 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC I run my own PHP OpenID server on another of my domains (christopher.woods.name - I bought it and failed to have a use for it until suddenly I realised it'd make

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Woods
:25 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC Thanks Christopher, that's interesting. We've been thinking along similar lines in some initial brainstorming (although I'm not au fait with Simon W's latest work) -- if you think of OpenID as an identification

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread gareth rushgrove
:-) Please :D -Original Message- From: Brendan Quinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 June 2007 14:25 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC Thanks Christopher, that's interesting. We've been thinking along similar lines in some initial

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Ciaran Hamilton
On 6/5/07, Nic James Ferrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I run my own PHP OpenID server on another of my domains (christopher.woods.name - I bought it and failed to have a use for it until suddenly I realised it'd make the perfect domain for an OpenID

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Woods
Subject: Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC On 6/5/07, Nic James Ferrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I run my own PHP OpenID server on another of my domains (christopher.woods.name - I bought it and failed to have a use for it until suddenly I

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Gordon Joly
At 14:25 +0100 5/6/07, Brendan Quinn wrote: Thanks Christopher, that's interesting. We've been thinking along similar lines in some initial brainstorming (although I'm not au fait with Simon W's latest work) -- if you think of OpenID as an identification framework rather than an authentication