[OSM-talk] Single sign-on

[Richard George]

OK, I'd do better here if I paid more attention to the list config...


Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Perhabs we can use OpenID
> 
> For all I've heard, OpenID essentially forces you to use the same  
> username in all participating services, which is something that not  
> everybody will be happy with.

You can create accounts / delegations on pretty much as many openID
servers (personal or public) as you want.

> 
> Of course I want to log in with the same username everywhere, but I  
> do not necessarily want everyone else to be able to make the connection.
> 
> Plus, the OpenID user names tend to be ugly and long, and it is  
> unlikely that things like MediaWiki will work well with that.

I believe there's an update to the spec which allows a 'friendly name'
to be returned as part of the authentication.

> But I have not fully examined OpenID, so if there is some kind of  
> translation layer that I have missed (which enables one to use  
> different, short, user names in each realm) just point me to it.

HTH,
	Richard

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