Comments on: OpenID and Wireless sharing http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254 the web, the world, us, you and them Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: http://wlan.livejournal.com/ http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254/comment-page-1#comment-13442 http://wlan.livejournal.com/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:45:43 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254#comment-13442 Indeed, the coova solution works by "updating" the walled garden of the specific user session so that the user may continue to authenticate at their OpenID provider's website. So, the entire web is not in the walled garden -- yet you can authenticate using any OpenID provider. Indeed, the coova solution works by “updating” the walled garden of the specific user session so that the user may continue to authenticate at their OpenID provider’s website. So, the entire web is not in the walled garden — yet you can authenticate using any OpenID provider.

]]> By: danbri http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254/comment-page-1#comment-13439 danbri Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:18:06 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254#comment-13439 Fair point. Could be a few ways around that: allow the machine to access eg. up 3 URLs, or time-limited session, resetting to start page URL if the user fails to authenticate. I wonder what Coova does... Fair point. Could be a few ways around that: allow the machine to access eg. up 3 URLs, or time-limited session, resetting to start page URL if the user fails to authenticate. I wonder what Coova does…

]]> By: http://ian.mckellar.org/ http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254/comment-page-1#comment-13438 http://ian.mckellar.org/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:53:03 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/2008/01/17/254#comment-13438 The problem I see with this is that OpenID login requires giving access to arbitrary web sites before authentication takes place. Allowing unrestricted web access would defeat the need for authentication in the first place, wouldn't it? Ian The problem I see with this is that OpenID login requires giving access to arbitrary web sites before authentication takes place. Allowing unrestricted web access would defeat the need for authentication in the first place, wouldn’t it?

Ian

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