openid

Why does the ID of Google's OpenID implementation change?

I'm trying to implement OpenId login for a web application. Whenever new user who logs in via OpenId I create a new user on the sustem, and among the data I store their openid URL, so that next time they login with that user. I'm testing this with my Gmail OpenID, and the problem is that everytime I do this, Google sends a different ope...

Azure dev fabric crashes with SocketException when using DotNetOpenAuth

I'm trying to run ASP.NET MVC 2 web site under the Windows Azure Dev Fabric using the DotNetOpenAuth OpenID authentication. Azure Dev fabric itself repeatedly crashes (dfloadbalancer.exe), when I authenticate. Are there any workarounds for the issue that allow to use Azure Dev fabric and DotNetOpenAuth? MSDN seems to have some old dis...

Where is documentation for openid1_claimed_id?

OpenID, using delegation, seems to be returning openid1_claimed_id instead of openid.claimed_id That looks like “an OpenID 1 version of claimed_id” but I can't find it documented anywhere. Miscellaneous details: OpenID URL: http://www.zellyn.com/ Delegated to: http://zellyn.myopenid.com/ Using django-socialregistration ...

Best openid implementation

I think OpenId has many things for it. But the biggest beef I have with it, is usability. Especially the technically non-savvy have dificulty understanding that the need to select a "provider" to login. Stackoverflows login implementation is quite good, but I think it would cost me quite some explaining to get my mother to use here gmail...

Rails 3 authetication with OpenID, Twitter or Facebook

Can you suggest some working example of it? I tried Authlogic and Devise withous success. ...

how to convince website users to use openid

Perhaps this isn't the best forum for this question. If so, would one of the other child sites be more suitable? I am wondering how to overcome the learning curve of convincing a non-technical bunch of users how and what open id is. how do you convince users that it is a good thing and that they want to use it? ...

Can't log in: Error occurred while sending a direct message or getting the response

This belongs on Meta but I can't ask it there since, well, I can't log in :-) I'm unable to log into my account using my OpenID, josh.gitlin.name on either StackOverflow or Meta. The error message I receive after entering my OpenID on the login page and pressing "Login" is: Unable to log in with your OpenID provider: Error oc...

Yahoo account remains open after using openID to login.why?

hi i have added openid login with Yahoo! and Google in my site. it is ok and works fine. when users select for example Yahoo! to login to my site, they will be logged in in their yahoo mail account too. i think it is not secure because maybe they don't notice to this issue and leave computer while their email account is availble. wha...

skip asking for allow info sharing in openid

i am using php-openid library. i request email address from providers(Yahoo! and Google) to return back to me to check in my tables. when the user enters user and password to get authenticated with Yahoo! or Google,the provider asks user to allow sharing info. some think like this: Click "Agree" to sign in to mysite.com using your Yahoo!...

can the response from Google/Yahoo! be changed in openID process?

is it possible to hack the header returns from Google/Yahoo! authentication openid request? i mean someone someone uses [email protected] to get authenticated with Google and then changes [email protected] to [email protected] in response from Google and get logged in to site with my account? ...

Why does OpenID look so hard to implement?

I read through this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741345/how-do-i-implement-direct-identity-based-openid-authentication-with-zend-openid Why does it look so complicated to implement? IMO, it's just to send request to a remote site and retrieve the response. What's the problem those OpenID libraries are dealing with? ...

Different formats of OpenIDs

stackoverflow, I am experimenting with implementing OpenID in my existing site. I have looked at Plaxo's article on this very subject and I'm a mite confused about something. I am using this PHP OpenID library. I have some code running, and I am getting a unique OpenID back. From myopenid.com, I am getting an id that looks like https:...

OpenId authentication and automatic registration with Spring Security 3.0.2

I'm implementing an app using spring security 3.0.2 with OpenId login and registration. I can login succesfully, but if the user isn't registered i want to do: 1) Get some OpenId attributes like email and name. 2) Show to the user a registration form with just these two fields and the OpenId URI filled. I've been searching a lot but i...

IAuthenticationRequest.RedirectToProvider is not supposed to return, yet it does

The method DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.RelyingParty.IAuthenticationRequest.RedirectToProvider() is documented never to return: Redirects the user agent to the provider for authentication. Execution of the current page terminates after this call. However, it does return under the latest implementation (3.4.3). I'm using the followin...

Implementing OpenID

Following this tuto: http://www.plaxo.com/api/openid_recipe One of the steps is: Need to look up whether the OpenID entered already belongs to an existing user on your site My problem: what's the OpenID like for a gmail account(I've no other OP account yet)? It seems to me that OpenID = https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id ...

After I get the user profile from RPX how do I set the user as authenticated ?

I am using RPX for authentication. Now I get the user profile with identifier. What to do next to set authentication cookie and other things? Also the logout feature. in ASP.net 3.5 and C#. ...

What causes the Openid error: Received "invalidate_handle" from server

I'm new to openid, and I am getting an "invalidate_handle" and I have no idea what to do to fix it. I'm using django_authopenid [Thu Apr 29 14:13:28 2010] [error] Generated checkid_setup request to https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/ud with assocication AOxxxxxxxxOX5-V9oDc3-btHhFxzAcccccccccc2RTHgh [Thu Apr 29 14:13:29 2010] [error]...

How to build an easy Rails authentication with OpenID and OAuth1.0a-2.0?

Hi, I'am looking for an easy authentication for my users mostly via facebook, but keeping OpenID and other OAuth alternatives as well. For the case if something will go very bad, I will ask my users to optionally provide their email address, which should be obtained via OpenID or OAuth if possible. The same thing is about their name. I ...

OpenID and Google hosted domains

I get an "The remote name could not be resolved: 'mine.com'" When using this open ID identifier: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/site-xrds?hd=mine.com And it's true, that the mine.com DNS record doesn't exist. But I'm wondering why it goes to look there in the first place. All I want to be doing is to check if the user can login to ...

VerificationException from DotNetOpenAuth RP

Hi, I'm trying to integrate open id into a site, but I have a problem due to this open ticket: "http://dotnetopenauth.net:8000/ticket/163" Can you give me a workaround, please? Maybe indicate an older version? Thank you very much ...