Monday, July 14, 2008

OpenID the virus is spreading.

I've been introduced to OpenID during its inception and have briefly followed it in recent months. Recently I've been looking at it in more detail for a project that i'm involved with. The project will use OpenID to enable user authentication into the site.
I looked over many resources out there that describe what OpenID is and what it takes to integrate with a provider. I specifically liked the post by Joseph Smarr from Plaxo entitled A Recipe for OpenID-Enabling Your Site. The article provides a step-by-step walk through describing the various best practices around integration with OpenID providers.
Some of the OpenID providers I'm a member of include: myopenid and yahoo to mention a few. More provider listings found here.

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