Comments on: Why the world needs OpenID (and why it shouldn’t be totally universal) http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Ken Dyck http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Ken Dyck Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:16:39 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-928 Personally, I prefer <a href="http://angel.net/~nic/passwd.html" rel="nofollow">Nic Wolff's solution</a>. He's written a javascript bookmarklet that will generate a unique password for a site based on your "master" password. It doesn't suffer from the single-point-of-failure problem that OpenID does, but still lets me use the same password for every site. There are several implementations of it. My favourite is from <a href="http://gfxmonk.sysprosoft.com/2005/05/password-generator-bookmarket-v2.html" rel="nofollow">GFX Monk</a>. Personally, I prefer Nic Wolff’s solution. He’s written a javascript bookmarklet that will generate a unique password for a site based on your “master” password.

It doesn’t suffer from the single-point-of-failure problem that OpenID does, but still lets me use the same password for every site.

There are several implementations of it. My favourite is from GFX Monk.

]]> By: links for 2007-03-11 » OpenID Planet http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-923 links for 2007-03-11 » OpenID Planet Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:19:18 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-923 [...] Why the world needs OpenID (and why it shouldn’t be totally universal) - King Gary OpenID的应用是一个趋势，但是openid帐号系统会被所有的网站完全接纳而放弃原有的帐号系统吗？不会。 使用Openid发表评论 — Trackback地址 本文发表于Sunday, March 11, 2007,归类在 文章收录. 收藏本文 [...] [...] Why the world needs OpenID (and why it shouldn’t be totally universal) – King Gary OpenID的应用是一个趋势，但是openid帐号系统会被所有的网站完全接纳而放弃原有的帐号系统吗？不会。 使用Openid发表评论 — Trackback地址 本文发表于Sunday, March 11, 2007,归类在 文章收录. 收藏本文 [...]

]]> By: David http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-914 David Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:18:02 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-914 Why not just stick to one username and password for each site instead (assuming your username is unique enough that it won't get taken by someone else)? Why not just stick to one username and password for each site instead (assuming your username is unique enough that it won’t get taken by someone else)?

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Gary King Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:29:36 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-912 Chris, that's why I say to NOT use OpenID for money accounts! :P I don't care of OpenID has access to, say, my Magnolia account, but I wouldn't give it access to my Wesabe account, for example. Chris, that’s why I say to NOT use OpenID for money accounts! :P I don’t care of OpenID has access to, say, my Magnolia account, but I wouldn’t give it access to my Wesabe account, for example.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Chris Garrett Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:23:22 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-911 Truly is neat but I think I will keep some seperation between fun and money accounts just in case ;) Truly is neat but I think I will keep some seperation between fun and money accounts just in case ;)

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Gary King Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:18:43 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-910 Chris, at least it's decentralized, which is one of their primary focuses. When you choose an OpenID provider, just make sure that it's not an evil corporation, then :) Also, if you really are very paranoid, you can always make your own website an OpenID provider, meaning you provide yourself with OpenID services. Neat, eh? ;) Chris, at least it’s decentralized, which is one of their primary focuses. When you choose an OpenID provider, just make sure that it’s not an evil corporation, then :) Also, if you really are very paranoid, you can always make your own website an OpenID provider, meaning you provide yourself with OpenID services. Neat, eh? ;)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.kinggary.com/archives/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Chris Garrett Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:13:03 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/10/why-the-world-needs-openid-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-totally-universal/#comment-909 My concerns with OpenId are kind of similar to my fears of Microsoft passport ... one key to unlock them all? My concerns with OpenId are kind of similar to my fears of Microsoft passport … one key to unlock them all?

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