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For some reason Microsoft defined URI escaping twice: Uri.EscapeDataString and HttpUtility.UrlEncode seem to cover the same need. There’s another pair: Uri.EscapeUriString and HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode which again seem to be redundant with…
Download it now. Previously named DotNetOpenId in its v1.x and 2.x releases, the v3.0 release is rechristened DotNetOpenAuth to reflect its support for multiple authentication and authorization protocols. Sporting OpenID,…
DotNetOpenAuth, previously named DotNetOpenId, is getting nearer to its major 3.0 release. With beta 2, we have a security reviewed, feature complete library for .NET use of the OAuth and…
Tonight DotNetOpenId, soon to be renamed DotNetOpenAuth, released beta 1 of the major v3.0 release. You can download the bits from Ohloh. Although downloads should remember that as a beta…
DotNetOpenId started on Google Code. But we’re outgrowing it. We’d like to move to a shared hosting server where we can have automated tests, nightly builds, and a better web…
The next major release of DotNetOpenId, slated for a release in or around March 2009, will add OAuth support to the mix. If you don’t know what OAuth is, it…
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…
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…
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…
DotNetOpenId may be feature complete per the OpenID spec, but it’s far from stagnant. The next version will be packed with new enhanced security features that can be optionally turned…