Wednesday, July 6, 2011

OpenId = Convinience + Security


What is Open ID? 

Way of signing in to many websites with one username and password.


Benefits of OpenID to User:
  • User don't have to remember his Username/Password for each of the websites separately.
Benefits to Websites
  •   Websites don't have to store Username/Password for each of there users.
Disadvantages

  • Single Point of Failure
OpenID provider : A website that verifies the identity of a user
Relying Website: A website which authenticates user based on OpenId

Best Practice
Use your own domain name as your OpenId.

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