[Opensim-dev] Proposal for using OpenID in OpenSim

[SignpostMarv Martin]

Regarding concerns over enforcing OpenID login only, since the OpenID 
server can exist entirely separately from OpenSim (with the exception 
of  an SQL query or two),  the OpenID implementation I described would 
allow users that already have passwords to login with OpenID instead of 
their username & password (after having used OpenID to associate both 
identities ) as well as OpenID-only users.

OpenID-only users could get a password at a later date, but even that 
isn't an enforced requirement.

To nip any concerns over using OpenID Attribute Exchange to link to an 
inventory manifest file, discussion has already taken place on the 
OpenID mailing list regarding controlling who has access to documents 
linked via OpenID AE.

~ Marv.

SignpostMarv Martin wrote:
> My ideas for integrating OpenID with OpenSim ran along the lines of 
> using the web login system. The OpenID server itself could run entirely 
> separately from OpenSim, then when a user has succesfully authenticated 
> with the OpenID protocol, the OpenID server injects an appropriate value 
> into the web login field and redirects the browser to a secondlife:// 
> (or opensim://) URL that triggers a web-based login.
>
> This way, no OpenID code has to touch the OpenSim code at all, removing 
> any problems relating to licensing issues.
>
> As for data portability, I monologued in either AW Groupies or IRC about 
> how OpenID Attribute Exchange could be used to link to an inventory 
> manifest file, allowing users to take their content with them wherever 
> they went on the grid.
>
> ~ Marv.
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