Comments on: JanRain helps the other side of the OpenID (and OAuth) equation http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/ Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest Thu, 24 May 2012 03:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: OpenID curious? Portland contingent on RWW Live can help : Oregon Startup Blog http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-6397 OpenID curious? Portland contingent on RWW Live can help : Oregon Startup Blog Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:07:15 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/#comment-6397 [...] like to proffer that Portland, Oregon, is the hub of OpenID (whether it’s true or not). That’s why I love days like today [...] [...] like to proffer that Portland, Oregon, is the hub of OpenID (whether it’s true or not). That’s why I love days like today [...]

]]> By: OpenID curious? Portland contingent on RWW Live can help » Silicon Florist http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-6368 OpenID curious? Portland contingent on RWW Live can help » Silicon Florist Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:29:13 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/#comment-6368 [...] Turoczy | January 19, 2009 I like to proffer that Portland, Oregon, is the hub of OpenID (whether it’s true or not). That’s why I love days like today [...] [...] Turoczy | January 19, 2009 I like to proffer that Portland, Oregon, is the hub of OpenID (whether it’s true or not). That’s why I love days like today [...]

]]> By: Rick Turoczy http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-5540 Rick Turoczy Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:46:37 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/#comment-5540 @Peat You caught me. I was kind of downplaying that part of the announcement. Maybe it's just me, but I have more than enough ways to acquire an OpenID. And I even have OpenIDs that I don't know that I have because they aren't widely publicized. But I have far too little access to actual sites and services using that OpenID (or twelve). ;) (I think Aaron Hockley made a great tangential point in this vein---"Should you be an OpenID provider?"---with regards to similar functionality in wp-openid: http://twurl.cc/5r2 ) It would be great to see this JanRain service---and others like it---shift that situation. @Peat You caught me. I was kind of downplaying that part of the announcement.

Maybe it’s just me, but I have more than enough ways to acquire an OpenID. And I even have OpenIDs that I don’t know that I have because they aren’t widely publicized. But I have far too little access to actual sites and services using that OpenID (or twelve). ;)

(I think Aaron Hockley made a great tangential point in this vein—”Should you be an OpenID provider?”—with regards to similar functionality in wp-openid: http://twurl.cc/5r2 )

It would be great to see this JanRain service—and others like it—shift that situation.

]]> By: Peat Bakke http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-5539 Peat Bakke Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:22:42 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/10/09/janrain-helps-the-other-side-of-the-openid-and-oauth-equation/#comment-5539 Another fun tool they've released is OPX -- the issuing side of the equation. It's great because it gives you the flexibility to determine how to best authenticate your users (password, multi-factor, card reader, whatever), leaving the service to handle the actual OpenID transaction process. It's also handy if you have an existing user base and authentication process, and you want an relatively easy way to issue OpenIDs to all of your users. Cool stuff. Another fun tool they’ve released is OPX — the issuing side of the equation. It’s great because it gives you the flexibility to determine how to best authenticate your users (password, multi-factor, card reader, whatever), leaving the service to handle the actual OpenID transaction process.

It’s also handy if you have an existing user base and authentication process, and you want an relatively easy way to issue OpenIDs to all of your users.

Cool stuff.

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