Martin v. Löwis wrote: >>> So the only thing users gain with delegation is that they don't need >>> to remember the tedious URL that their provider assigns them. When they >>> switch providers, their claimed ID will still change, and they'll have >>> to reregister in all services they use. >>> >>> >>> >> No, the whole point of delegation is that I can use voidspace.org.uk as >> my openid - backed with any provider I want. I can then use >> voidspace.org.uk as my openid and not be tied to any provider. >> > > I'm fairly skeptical that you actually do use voidspace.org.uk. > I can believe that this is what you type into the openid field - > but the ID that is validated to the relying party is > http://fuzzyman.myopenid.com/. > > So when you change the provider (and hence the openid.delegate > value), you will have to create new accounts for all services > that you use, right? > Well, when I login my registered ID is www.voidspace.org.uk and *not* fuzzyman.myopenid.com - so I believe you are incorrect (and in fact this very point was touted as one of the advantages of openid - that your account is independent of your provider and that you *can* change provider whilst retaining the same id). myopenid *does* the validation, but my registered openid is www.voidspace.org.uk and I *should* be able to change provider without creating a new account. Michael > >> I'm afraid the PyPI implementation of openid is useless to me too - I >> want to use voidspace.org.uk as my openid but it doesn't let me. >> > > See above - the services may let you *enter* that string, but it > isn't your openid. > > Regards, > Martin > -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog
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