On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Robb Shecter robb@weblaws.org wrote:
Not to "derail" the open-id idea I think we should support oAuth 100% and it certainly would help with persistent applications and scalability...
I don't think that's a derail at all. I don't know OAuth that well, but it seems to provide the same benefits of OpenID Provider.
OpenID and OAuth are different. The former provides a decentralized, yet single, login service, while the latter provides an authorization service from a consumer application to a provider application. They seem similar at first, but do different things. Both would be nice to have. The following article gives a good idea of the differences:
http://softwareas.com/oauth-openid-youre-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-if-you-th...
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane