OpenID - Open Source Single-SignOn

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 19, 2005 @04:37AM from the throwing-your-name-around dept.

Nurgled writes "Danga Interactive, who created LiveJournal and memcached, is working on a new decentralized single-signon system called OpenID. Similar in principle to Six Apart's TypeKey or MSN Passport, OpenID will allow you to assert a single identity to any OpenID-supporting site. The difference here is that there is no central authenticating server: anyone can run one, and Danga's reference implementations will be open-source. The site you are authenticating with never sees your username or password, just a one-time token. You can read the initial announcement on LiveJournal, though some details have changed since that post, so be sure to read the information on the official site."

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Thinking. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-19 04:54 · Score: -1, Troll

I think that if Slashdot adopted this (OSDN), it would attain critical mass.

I think you're delusional. You've actually bought into the fantasy that Slashdot and OSTG (no longer OSDN in order to avoid criminal charges) have any sway outside of blog space?