OpenID Links

OpenID is an open, decentralized identity system that attempts to provide a solution to the multiple log on ID systems to access various sites across the internet. At O´Reilly Radar, Brady Forrest gives some of OpenID Pros:

• You probably already have one - Via your AOL page or SixApart blog
• You can make your own website into an OpenID provider - This is very simple and is what makes it so appealing to bloggers.
• Saves you time when trying new sites and features - You already know your namespace is available
• Desktop support is coming via Vista and Firefox 3.0
  
• Easy to maintain multiple identities - All you need are different URLs
• It's decentralized - Not owned by any one company (MS Passport) or standards body (Liberty Alliance)

More and more sites and companies are OpenID enabled. On February 20 the ReadWriteWeb blog states "Digg is the latest company to declare its support for OpenID. This follows on from recent announcements of support from Microsoft and AOL. And as Techcrunch noted, Yahoo, LiveJournal, and Wikipedia are some other organizations that had previously announced their support".

More interesting Links/Blogposts on OpenId: (the following list will be updated regularly, kindly let me know if you know other links)

• OpenID Status Check: A Guide to Getting and Using your OpenID (Apr 3, 2008)
  
• Another victory for OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support (Jan 17, 2008)
  
• OpenID Commenting (Dec 13, 2007)
  
• OpenID 2.0 Final (Dec 6, 2007)
  
• OpenID 2.0...Final(ly) (Dec 5, 2007)
  
• 40 Million France Telecom Customers Get OpenID (Sep 25, 2007)
  
• A Beginner´s Guide to OpenID (Sep 2, 2007)
  
• Eight top OpenID providers comparison (Sep 2, 2007)
• SSL comes to claimID (Aug 31, 2007)
  
• About OpenID (Aug 20, 2007)
  
• Drupal 6 gets OpenID support! (June 19, 2007)
• Using OpenID (May 2007)
  
• Identity management - Sun Java System Access Manager
  
• Sun Supports OpenID: Steps Towards Enterprise? (May 8, 2007)
• OpenID at Work (May 7, 2007)
  
• Setting up your own OpenID server (May 3, 2007)
  
• OpenID presentations
• phpMyOpenID by Ben Dodson (April 24, 2007)
  
• Google Tech Talk on OpenID (April 20, 2007)
• Acegi OpenID (April 20, 2007)
  
• OpenID at Web 2.0 Expo (Apr 18, 2007)
  
• OpenID: a step forward for e-learning standards (Mar 8, 2007)
• 8 OpenID Resources for Rails Developers (Mar 8, 2007)
• OpenID Builds more Popularity (Mar 7, 2007)
  
• Wordpress, 37 Signals Join OpenID Bandwagon (Mar 7, 2007)
  
• Public OpenID providers
  
• Six cool things you can build with OpenID (Feb 25, 2007)
  
• Pros and Cons of OpenID (Feb 22, 2007)
• Poll: Do You Actually Use OpenID (Feb 20, 2007)
• Digg adopts OpenID (Feb 20, 2007)
  
• Why AOL Created 63 Million New OpenIDs (Feb 19, 2007)
• AOL supports OpenID (Feb 16, 2007)
• Five Key Takeaways From Microsoft, OpenID Announcement (Feb 14, 2007)
• Microsoft to Support OpenID Log on System (Feb 6, 2007)
• OpenID Gets a Boost From Microsoft (Feb 6, 2007)
• OpenID, Get it from Yahoo! & Avoid Phishing (Jan 29, 2007)
• Use your own URL as an OpenID (Jan 24, 2007)
  
• Throwaway Identities (Jan 23, 2007)
• OpenID (Jan 16, 2007)
• OpenID and the Identity Systems of Yahoo, Google & MSN (Jan 3, 2007)
• OpenID for non SuperUsers (Jan 3, 2007)
• How to use OpenID (a screencast)