OpenID

Open ID

People use Internet to do banking, shopping, emailing, downloading movies etc.  Most of these sites require a user account in order to serve more functionality and better to keep track of the customer.  OpenID is a protocol, which allow single sign-in for the Internet websites. OpenID works in a way where users authenticate them selves only once with a Identity Provider (also known as IR or OP – OpenID provider) and the IR will authenticate the users to different websites. But to what extent can Open ID provide safe and faster ways of logging into websites?

Keywords:

• OpenID
• OpenID 2.0
• OpenID concept
• How OpenID Works
• Terminology OpenID Authentication
• OpenID service providers
• IDP (Identity Provider)

Bibliography

• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID#Using_OpenID
• OpenID official website http://openid.net/
• How OpenID Works http://www.clickpass.com/docs/howopenidworks
• Open ID Concepthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmY8Pk-qEk&feature=related
• OpenID 2.0: A platform for user-centric identity management http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1179529.1179532&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=106214689&CFTOKEN=76372411
• Using OpenID http://www.theserverside.com/news/1364125/Using-OpenID
• User Experience | OpenID http://openid.net/tag/user-experience/
• Security Evaluation of the OpenID Protocol by ALEXANDER LINDHOLM (pdf) (TRITA-CSC-E 2009:076, ISRN-KTH/CSC/E--09/076--SE, ISSN-1653-5715) Identity in Practice http://practicalid.blogspot.com/2010/04/openid-issues-list.html