agree :) On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Gorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Petko D. Petkov wrote: > > Indeed but this can be a subsystem, a feature of the OpenID provider. > > For example, some OpenID providers have the feature to choose > > different persons depending on the usage. So it will be easier to > > safeguard a persona within one openid provider. So for example, in my > > current OpenID setup I have two personas. One for daily use which is > > completely useless and one for mission critical stuff. Although the > > mission critical persona is not safeguarded :) (lack of > > functionalities here) if such a feature is implemented, wouldn't be > > that much better? :) > > > That could be, I was more hinting to the open structure of OpenID. If > you don't trust a provider choose another one. Other frameworks for > online authentication/autorization don't offer this flexibility, one > provider only, like passport. > OpenID offers the possibility to offer competing authentication services > provided by different providers. So you don't have to put all your eggs > in one basket. (it is easter after all) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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