Andrew Arnott | 28 Jun 01:57
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Re: [OpenID] Negotiating a backup OP from the current OP

Where does PAPE fall short of offering that?

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Andrew Arnott

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Dick Hardt <dick <at> sxip.com> wrote:
On 27-Jun-08, at 4:00 PM, SitG Admin wrote:

> I was reading this:
> http://self-issued.info/?p=75
> (Posted to the board <at> openid.net list by Mike Jones.)
>
> I was disturbed to see, in the first paragraph, that OpenID would be
> accepted from "two" Providers; this is exactly the kind of lock-in
> that will effectively *lock-OUT* the small, independent Providers.

I agree.

If we want to have an open web, then we need to put the choice of OP
into the hands of the user, not the RPs.

To do that, we need to evolve the protocol so that RPs don't feel they
need to distinguish between OPs.

-- Dick

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