Announcing the OpenID Backplane Protocol Work Group
For website owners, enabling web applications to talk to one another within the same web page can be frustrating and can take countless hours of development. How should apps communicate with each other in a meaningful way? The OpenID Foundation’s new Backplane Protocol Work Group is focused on this exact problem — helping website owners, […]
Open Source Approach Needed for Advancing Internet Identity
European-based identity and security analyst firm, KuppingerCole, announced last week that OpenID Connect was awarded the 2012 European Identity and Cloud Award in the category for Best Innovation/New Standard. This recognition was largely based on OpenID Connect’s potential to significantly change digital identity using a simple interoperable Internet identity protocol to improve the way we […]
OpenID Connect Wins 2012 European Identity and Cloud Award
Today at the European Identity and Cloud Conference it was announced that OpenID Connect has won the 2012 European Identity and Cloud Award for “Best Innovation / New Standard”. The OpenID Foundation and the Connect working group members want to thank Kuppinger Cole for this prestigious award and their vote of confidence in the significance […]
OpenID Connect Implementer’s Drafts Approved
The OpenID membership has approved the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts in the vote held from February 7th to 15th, 2012: • Basic Client Profile – Simple self-contained specification for a web-based Relying Party. (This spec contains a subset of the information in Messages and Standard.) • Discovery – Defines how user and provider endpoints […]
OpenID Foundation 2012 Community Board Member Election Results
Thanks to all who voted for the board members who will represent the OpenID community at large for the next two years. Having received the two highest number of votes cast, Greg Keegstra and Axel Nennker have been elected to two years terms. Greg is new to the board and brings a fresh eye to […]
Vote for OpenID Connect Implementer’s Drafts is open
Link: https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/62 The OpenID AB+Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts: • Basic Client Profile – Simple self-contained specification for a web-based Relying Party. (This spec contains a subset of the information in Messages and Standard.) • Discovery – Defines how user and provider endpoints can be dynamically discovered. • […]
OpenID Connect in a Nutshell
Nat Sakimura has written a valuable post describing OpenID Connect in a nutshell. It shows by example how simple it is for relying parties to use basic OpenID Connect functionality. If you’re involved in OpenID Connect in any way, or are considering becoming involved, his post is well worth reading.
OpenID Foundation 2012 Community Board Member Election
This is to announce the 2012 election of OpenID Foundation community board members. The Foundation plays an important role in the evolution of Internet identity technologies. Those elected will help determine what role the OIDF should play in helping facilitate faster and broader adoption of open standard identity systems. Last year four community board members […]
Review of Proposed OpenID Connect Implementer’s Drafts
The OpenID AB+Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts: Basic Client Profile – Simple self-contained specification for a web-based Relying Party. (This spec contains a subset of the information in Messages and Standard.) Discovery – Defines how user and provider endpoints can be dynamically discovered. Dynamic Registration – Defines […]
Verizon, Building the Foundation for a Safe, Security Identity Ecosystem
Verizon announced today an important milestone in the Open Identity arena. Verizon announced that it is the first ever identity provider to achieve a Level 3 US Government certification in providing identity credentials and access management to relying parties. The importance of building a standardized framework that protects valuable personal data from Internet security risks […]