Multiple, redundant identifiers solves B without requiring a master directory.
On 8-Jun-07, at 11:06 AM, Johannes Ernst wrote: > Such as? > > On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:55, Dick Hardt wrote: > >> There are ways to solve B that don't really solve A. >> >> In fact, I think the only way to solve B that does not require a >> master directory is orthogonal to solving A. >> >> -- Dick >> >> On 8-Jun-07, at 10:49 AM, Johannes Ernst wrote: >> >>> I would suggest that any solution to B is also very likely a >>> solution to A. >>> >>> Anybody disagree? >>> >>> If so, I'd suggest that we should either solve A and B at the same >>> time, or not at all. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:42, Dick Hardt wrote: >>> >>>> At IIW we[1] decided we wanted to solve (A) and that (B) would be >>>> nice to solve, but we were ok to wait for a future version to >>>> resolve, as when we discussed (B), resolving looked much harder >>>> then >>>> it seemed at first. >>>> >>>> I'm not certain of where we are now. >>>> >>>> -- Dick >>>> >>>> [1] those present when we met about how to solve recycling ... >>>> >>>> On 8-Jun-07, at 10:35 AM, Recordon, David wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if we all think we're trying to solve the same >>>>> problem. >>>>> The two problems that have been discussed are: >>>>> A) Identifier recycling normally in large user-base deployments. >>>>> i.e. >>>>> <insert big company> needs a way to give 'TheBestUsernameEver' >>>>> to a >>>>> new >>>>> user if it has not been used in some period of time. >>>>> B) Losing control of your own domain name whether that be via >>>>> someone >>>>> stealing it or just that you don't want to have to pay for it >>>>> forever. >>>>> >>>>> Have we made a decision as to if we're looking for a solution to >>>>> solve >>>>> both of these problems, only A, or only B? >>>>> >>>>> --David >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> specs mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> specs mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> specs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > _______________________________________________ specs mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs
