Notice of Vote for Implementer’s Draft of OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration Specification
The official voting period will be between Friday, October 31 and Friday, November 7, 2014, following the 45 day review of the specification. For the convenience of members, voting will actually open a week before Friday, October 31 on Friday, October 24 for members who have completed their reviews by then, with the voting period […]
The Name is the Thing: “The ARPU of Identity”
The name is the thing. The name of this Open Identity Exchange White Paper, the “ARPU of Identity”, is deliberate. ARPU, Average Revenue Per User, is one metric telcos use to measure success. By deliberately using a traditional lens that telcos use, this paper puts emerging Internet identity markets into a pragmatic perspective. The focus of the white paper is […]
Crossing the Chasm In Mobile Identity: OpenID Foundation’s Mobile Profile Working Group
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) worldwide are in various stages of “crossing the chasm” in the Internet identity markets. As Geoffrey A. Moore noted in his seminal work, the most difficult step is making the transition between early adopters and pragmatists. The chasm crossing Moore refers to points to the bandwagon effect and the role standards […]
General Availability of Microsoft OpenID Connect Identity Provider
Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Azure Active Directory OpenID Connect Identity Provider. It supports the discovery of provider information as well as session management (logout). On this occasion, the OpenID Foundation wants to recognize Microsoft for its contributions to the development of the OpenID Connect specifications and congratulate them on the general availability of their […]
Review of Proposed Errata to OpenID Connect Specifications
The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends the approval of Errata to the following specifications: OpenID Connect Core 1.0 – Defines the core OpenID Connect functionality: authentication built on top of OAuth 2.0 and the use of Claims to communicate information about the End-User OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0 – Defines how Relying Parties dynamically discover information […]
Review of Proposed Implementer’s Draft of OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration Specification
The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration 1.0 – Defines how to migrate from OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This note […]
US Government Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Joins the OpenID Foundation
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has joined the OpenID Foundation (OIDF). ONC is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and utilize the most advanced health information […]
More Momentum: OpenID Connect Adoption
In my last blog, I noted, “it’s time to build out the final elements of OpenID Connect and move to mobile.” We’ll soon announce the official working group with the GSMA focused on a OpenID Connect mobile profile. Foundation members, partners and independent developers continue to integrate OpenID Connect in robust and interoperable identity services […]
Growing list of OpenID Connect libraries available
The list of publicly available OpenID Connect libraries is growing, with implementations available for numerous development platforms and environments, including Drupal, Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby. See the Libraries page for a list of OpenID Connect libraries, as well as libraries implementing the related JSON Web Token (JWT) and JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) […]
Last Call on the Launch and the Move to Mobile
This is my first blog after a successful OpenID Connect launch in San Francisco, Barcelona and Japan on February 26th. The launch generated global buzz and coverage. Below are a few links to my previous posts highlighting statements of support and press coverage: Statements of Support Additional Statements of Support OpenID Connect Press Coverage Congratulations […]