Just Jack

I have long been concerned about identity management on the Web. Many sites require registration but few are integrated resulting in users having to manage many separate accounts. A few options are available, eBay used MSN Passport for a while and Google offer Account Authentication. OpenID, an “open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity”, seems to be gathering momentum and the O’Reilly Radar reports that Sun Microsystems are currently implementing OpenID for employees.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 at 1:33 pm and is filed under Tech, Web.