Why using RPXNow is a bad idea
Janrain has been a great influence in the OpenID community and I thank them for all their efforts. They are, nevertheless, a company that must generate profits, and their recent…
Remotely enable RDP
Have you ever been away from your work PC, tried to Remote Desktop (RDP/mstsc) into it, only to realize that you’ve forgotten to enable RDP before you left work? Ever…
OpenID on Classic ASP
Several people have asked for an OpenID library for Classic ASP. Yes, it’s several years deprecated, but there are still some major and smaller sites using it. Classic ASP allows…
DotNetOAuth source code to be released eminently
Microsoft attorneys have signed off on the open source release of the DotNetOAuth source code that I’ve been building in my spare time. It should show up in the public…
Your security is inversely proportional to the number of OpenID Providers you use
Just a quick note if you’re familiar with OpenID’s XRDS documents and how they allow you to have one ‘omni-Identifier’ that lists all your other OpenID providers and identifiers so…
Enable international characters in OpenID domain names
If you’re using DotNetOpenId, you should consider enabling .NET to use IDN, or the International Domain Name scheme to enable users with international characters in the host name of their…
Why OAuth can’t be ignored
Do you realize that your email password is probably your most sensitive piece of information? You should never, ever give it away. Not to another "trustworthy" web site, and not…
What’s coming for DotNetOpenId and DotNetOAuth
Did you even know DotNetOAuth existed? It’s alpha quality right now but that will change soon. OAuth and OpenID serve two orthogonal needs, and although Google is trying to combine…
NoTrailingWhitespace StyleCop rule, and others
After a period of initial bad taste, I’ve come to like StyleCop. I dislike a few of their rules, and I turn those off. But overall I like how it…
A rebuttal to the concerns surrounding OpenID
OpenID is still largely unknown to most Internet users. Those who already know something about it are mostly very tech savvy and have a strong opinion either for or against…