Re: [higgins-dev] OpenID Identity in the browser project launched

[Paul Trevithick <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [higgins-dev] OpenID Identity in the browser project launched

No response. Hmm.... What if I said:

As part of Higgins 1.1 the three Higgins browser extensions (for FF, IE and Safari) should all implement the same OpenID RP functionality as the IDIB project plans to provide. If, for IPR reasons, the code from the IDIB project isn’t clean then we’ll reimplement it inside our three HBXs. These HBXs should all call a Higgins Selector Selector API on all platforms (not just on Windows as we have today), and that the SS API should be extended  to support the IDIB-like functionality in these browser extensions if this proves necessary.

Thoughts? AndyH? Jeesmon? 

-Paul


On 8/8/08 10:47 AM, "Paul Trevithick" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Scott Kveton just wrote this post to the OpenID general list:
> ( http://openid.net/pipermail/general/2008-August/005312.html)
>
> This has relevance to Higgins. I don’t think the user wants to install one set of browser extensions to get i-card support and another to get OpenID support. Users want a solution that works regardless of underlying protocol, etc. So I think we have to figure out how these pieces fit together. See how we relate to this project. Figure out the IPR, etc.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Paul
>
> -----
>
> The Identity in the Browser (IDIB for short) project has launched over
> on Google Code today:
>
> http://idib.googlecode.com
>
> The goal of this project is to produce an open source extension to
> Firefox that helps with usability problems and addresses several
> security vulnerabilities around OpenID.  Ideally this is the start of
> making sense of what identity in the browser would look like.  In the
> future, this could be the basis for integrated support in all modern
> browsers if the project goes well.
>
> A couple of key points:
>
> * This is still very rough and not meant for general users yet
>
> * The work may lead to extensions to the OpenID protocol that may take
> shape in the form of specifications - more information can be found on
> the project page wiki:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/idib/w/list
>
> * The discussion about IDIB is happening on the mailing list here:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/idib
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> - Scott