Openid Drupalcon 2008
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OpenID + Identity the future of user module
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My talk on OpenID, Drupal's implementation and the future of OpenID in Drupal for DrupalCon Boston 2008
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OpenID + Identitythe future of user module
what is identity?
who are you?
James Ransom Walker
SHAMELESS PLUG!
Director of Education
July 10, 1977
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unique identifier
digital identity
walkah
http://groups.drupal.org/user/37
http://security.drupal.org/user/12
http://association.drupal.org/user/James_Walker
it’s a mess
what is OpenID?
OpenID is a free and easy way to use a
single digital identity across the Internet.
globally unique
identifier(like a passport ID)
anyone can provide
users can choose
security
SSL
delegate
http://walkah.net/ http://walkah.myopenid.com/
OpenID 2.0
directed identity
“anonymous login”
user-friendly
extensible
SREGSimple REGistration Protocol
AXAttribute eXchange
PAPEProvider Authentication Policy Extension
identity is central
semantic web
OpenID is not
OpenID is not an account
OpenID is not a trust framework
(although central to building one)
what about Drupal?
what’s in core?
Relying Party support
creates local accounts
associate multiple OpenIDs
OpenID 2.0
directed identity(works with yahoo!)
what’s not in core?
OpenID Provider support
(full) SREG support
Attribute eXchange
what can Drupaldo better?
core support for...
multiple authentication
systems
limiting authentication
systems
weighting authentication
systems
removing assumptions
users = username and password
and drupal.org?
http://groups.drupal.org/user/37
http://security.drupal.org/user/12
http://association.drupal.org/user/James_Walker
proposalDRAFT
wanna help?
thank you
