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Topic: OpenID support

The OpenID (www.openid.net) initiative is really starting to gain steam with big companies like AOL, Microsoft, and Digg announcing support. Having just set up my own OpenID, this really seems like the way most forums and other web sites will be authenticating in the future. Very clever, very simple, and super convenient. No more mess of logins and passwords!!

If you (PunBB developers) aren't already working on it, I highly recommend integrating OpenID support into PunBB. In fact, I'd love to see the conventional login process killed entirely.

In short...PunBB + OpenID = Good Karma!

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Re: OpenID support

Yes it would. But some may want to try it first as an extension (for 1.3), and see how that goes.

But maybe I'm wrong.

Last edited by Jérémie (2007-02-26 01:58:15)

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Re: OpenID support

I would have to agree with Jérémie: I don't see any of those companies abandoning support for their regular accounts, OpenID is simply another way to access the site. It would fit in very well as an extension smile

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Re: OpenID support

No comment but if you want to read something else
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Re: OpenID support

Yes. It would be very useful for all. Let it be as extension.

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Re: OpenID support

Why bump it? 1.3 isn't out yet.

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Re: OpenID support

Bump smile

Anyone planning an extension for this in v1.3?

Now that Yahoo are coming on board it will be potentially more handy for a lot of folks.

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Re: OpenID support

It will likely be an official extension

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Re: OpenID support

Smartys wrote:

It will likely be an official extension

That's great news.

Single sign on as a concept has risks - single point of [security/technical] failure, Big Brother tracking etc - but also some user and admin advantages too. So having it as an option in v1.3 would certainly be a plus.

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Re: OpenID support

sirena wrote:
Smartys wrote:

It will likely be an official extension

That's great news.

Single sign on as a concept has risks - single point of [security/technical] failure, Big Brother tracking etc - but also some user and admin advantages too. So having it as an option in v1.3 would certainly be a plus.

One advantage I hope to see from OpenID is the ability to pull casual lurkers into the conversation without forcing them to register but at the same time without resorting to allowing guest posting.

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Re: OpenID support

Smartys wrote:

It will likely be an official extension

Good to hear.  Looks like it's going to gain in popularity - http://www.betanews.com/article/Microso … 1202405425 (unless MS somehow introduce 'OpenID Home User Premium Media Edition', etc. wink)

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  • Registered: 2007-10-04
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Re: OpenID support

Someone gave me the idea to implement this on our PunBB forum. Didn't try it yet because i don't know how it works and if it works with PunBB. But it surely would be a great thing to have as extra's in the open source community. I'll keep this topic in my mind.

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Re: OpenID support

Is there any news on OpenID support? I'm very curious! And it's catching on even more than mentioned here - since then, MySpace has become an OpenID provider and sf.net is a provider and consumer.

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Re: OpenID support

I would also be interested in official OpenID support.

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Re: OpenID support

It's nice idea. Make an extension request at wiki, please.

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Re: OpenID support

Smartys wrote:

OpenID is simply another way to access the site.

I tried the phpBB3 OpenID Mod which works this way. I haven't checked the code but it seems like it adds another table of OpenIDs and associates them with a real account user name. If somebody signs in without an existing forum account it creates a real one silently, optionally allowing the use of a different alias if they wouldn't like to expose their OpenID URI.

In my opinion PunBB should work differently and integrate OpenID to the core, both allowing existing users to associate OpenIDs (i.e. dual login) and enabling guest posters to identify themselves with one in the post page. I would really like to hear from Anatoly or any other developer what they think, and request that they make this high priority for the next non-bugfix 1.3.x release.

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Re: OpenID support

Think this should be an extension for 1.3, not a core feature.

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  • Registered: 2009-08-07
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Re: OpenID support

An extension has been released: http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/ … on-openid/

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Re: OpenID support

zyzzyvas wrote:

The OpenID (www.openid.net) initiative is really starting to gain steam with big companies like AOL, Microsoft, and Digg announcing support. Having just set up my own OpenID, this really seems like the way most forums and other web sites will be authenticating in the future. Very clever, very simple, and super convenient. No more mess of logins and passwords!!

If you (PunBB developers) aren't already working on it, I highly recommend integrating OpenID support into PunBB. In fact, I'd love to see the conventional login process killed entirely.

In short...PunBB + OpenID = Good Karma!

Kris

Yes. It would be very useful for all. Let it be as extension.
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Re: OpenID support

Along with OpenID would also be Gravatar, which increasingly becoming a standard.