No Oscars, But OpenID Connect Launch Receives International Raves
This past Wednesday, February 26th, the OpenID Foundation, it’s members and the OpenID Connect Working Group successfully launched the OpenID Connect standard in the US, Europe and Japan. The launch generated press coverage at RSA in San Francisco and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This was made possible by you; our members, contributors. Thanks […]
The OpenID Foundation Launches the OpenID Connect Standard
Providing Increased Security, Usability, and Privacy on the Internet RSA 2014 and Mobile World Congress- San Francisco, CA, and Barcelona, Spain – Feb. 26, 2014 – The OpenID Foundation announced today that its membership has ratified the OpenID Connect standard. Organizations and businesses can now use OpenID Connect to develop secure, flexible, and interoperable identity […]
A Great Day for Internet Identity
Passwords are a pain. Internet security is difficult. But getting consensus among competing vendors, independent developers, privacy advocates seemed impossible. But OpenID Connect is finally done. This internet identity layer is already helping websites, enterprises and mobile network operators identify people. OpenID Connect enables better privacy controls and stronger (and more user friendly) authentication. Application […]
OpenID Connect Launch: Statements of Support
Last week I blogged about how we are in the final stretch of launching OpenID Connect on Thursday, February 26, 2014 at RSA in San Francisco, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and in Tokyo with OpenID Foundation Japan. In that blog, I mentioned some of the industry leaders who have been and will be adopting […]
Vote for Final OpenID Connect Specifications and Implementer’s Drafts is Open
The vote is closed. Please vote now at https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/80. The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specifications as Final OpenID Specifications: OpenID Connect Core – 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 […]
Result of First Election for Corporate Member Board Seat
Beginning in 2014 and each year thereafter, Corporate Members of the OpenID Foundation will elect a member to represent them on the OIDF board. All corporate members were eligible to nominate themselves, second the nominations of others who self-nominate, and vote for candidates. It is rare that the OpenID Foundation suffers from an embarrassment of […]
14 Day Notice of Vote for Final OpenID Connect Specifications and Implementer’s Drafts
The official voting period will be between Tuesday, February 18 and Tuesday, February 25, 2014, following the 60 day review of the specifications. For the convenience of members, voting will actually open a week before Tuesday, February 18 on Tuesday, February 11 for members who have completed their reviews by then, with the voting period […]
Review of Proposed Final OpenID Connect Specifications and Implementer’s Drafts
The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specifications as Final OpenID Specifications: OpenID Connect Core – 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 – Defines how Relying Parties dynamically discover information about […]
OpenID® Trademark and Service Mark License
The OIDF board recently voted to adopt an OpenID Trademark and Service Mark License policy. The following are some of the guidelines regarding acceptable uses of OIDF trademarks outlined in the license: The owner of OIDF marks must be clearly identified as the “OpenID Foundation”. For example, “OpenID® is a trademark (registered in numerous countries) […]
Microsoft publicly participates in OpenID Connect interoperability testing. | Thread Safe
While the testing of Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD) support for OpenID Connect has been going on for some months, Microsoft is now publicly participating in the OSIS interoperability testing. While most people think of Connect as being adopted by Social sites like Google for Login, it is also gaining traction in enterprise […]