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…
My OpenID Provider wishlist
I have yet to find an OpenID Provider that offers all that OpenID has to offer. Though some come awfully close, myopenid.com most notably. Multiple personas Attribute Exchange support (using…
DotNetOpenId adds an OpenID AJAX login control
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…
How I have taken control of my own identity, part 2
In my last post, I discussed how I made http://blog.nerdbank.net my one OpenID URL that allows me to link my several accounts with various OpenID Providers into a single URL…
How I have taken control of my own identity, part 1
First I obtained an OpenID account with www.myopenid.com. I actually have several other accounts with other OpenID Providers, such as pip.verisignlabs.com and yahoo.com because some relying parties allow only white-listed…
DotNetOpenId gets a new face
Javier Román has completed his work on the new DotNetOpenId logo. I think he has done excellent work, and he did it for free in the spirit of contributing to…
How to make your OpenID Provider case insensitive
In my last post, I discussed why case sensitive OpenID URLs are so important for security. But case sensitive OpenID URLs are no fun at all for users. For instance,…
The case for case sensitive OpenID URL checking
URLs on the Internet are case sensitive by definition. Some web servers choose to be case insensitive. To treat OpenID urls as anything but case sensitive for purposes of identifying…
How to use DotNetOpenId’s Attribute Exchange extension
DotNetOpenId supports OpenID extensions, but does not provide samples for using any except the Simple Registration extension. Since the Attribute Exchange extension (AX) was added recently, which is more extensible…
How to add OpenID to your ASP.NET forms web site without using ASP.NET controls
Although DotNetOpenId makes adding OpenID support to your ASP.NET web site as easy as dropping a control on your page design surface, there are reasons you may want to take…