Comments on: rpxnow, openid and this blog

By: Vijay Balakrishnan

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:25:14 +0000

We have a requirement to log in from various social network sites like
FaceBook,Twitter etc.We would like to connect all these userid’s to a single
identity on the backend for our social application in the Cloud. We have been
looking at Ping.identity as a vendor.I am trying to figure out how to map all
these various social email id’s for eg. to a single identity in the
backend.Could OpenId be a solution for this use-case on the backend ?

By: Richard Catto

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:23:09 +0000

@Russell Cohen: The actual implementation of RPXnow with your site is beyond the scope of this article. More help can be found on rpxnow.com and its developer wiki and in its google group. RPXNOW is a service aimed at developers to allow them to process OpenID logins. For the owner of a self-hosted WordPress blog, like this one, implementing the RPXnow service is very straightforward – simply add their plugin to your blog.

By: Russell Cohen

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:03:33 +0000

Please could you explain more about the setup time of 6 hours for RPX, “with most of that spent setting up Developer accounts with Myspace, facebook, and twitter”?

By: Michael

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:45:39 +0000

As a third party service provider, I was amazed at the functionality and ease of implementation RPX offers. We were able to implement this into our existing login routines in less than 6 hours. with most of that spent setting up Developer accounts with Myspace, facebook, and twitter.

By: Richard Catto

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:37:34 +0000

@Colin: The Internet giants such as google and yahoo (and others) are supporting this via OpenID enabling their user’s accounts.

What must happen now is that more third party web site owners must decide to support OpenID logins instead of requiring all new subscribers to register a fresh new account with them.

If you enjoy using an existing account to access services, you can request webmasters of web sites you visit to start supporting OpenID.

That’s one way to motivate acceptance. But I think as webmasters come to see the benefits, they’ll roll it out themselves to make their user experience richer.

By: Colin Dean

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:20:19 +0000

Excellent article. OpenID is a great unifier and I can’t wait until major players start supporting it. I have way too many logins to remember and am eager to reduce this!

By: Richard Catto

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:55:08 +0000

I’ve discovered a side benefit of installing rpxnow on this blog – no more spam comments, no more abusive anonymous commenters spewing their vitriol, because I’ve chosen the option that requires commenters to be logged in.

It’s easy to login to this blog now – no need to register, just login with your favourite third party OpenID enabled account and a profile will be automatically created in the background without further effort for you, and you’ll be allowed to comment.

By: Brian Kissel

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:30:35 +0000

Thanks for the thorough and thoughtful summary of the benefits of OpenID, OAuth, and user centric identity management. This is one of those rare instances where website operators and end users can have both a more convenient and more secure experience by leveraging these enabling new technologies.