OpenID is an online user identity system lets you log in to different sites without having to create a new user name and password for each one.

The emule community is a pretty large one if you take into account the number of sites spread out across the Internet. Most of the sites related to the emule community claim to be unified as one with that aim to provide quality links to end users.

Well this got me thinking? If all the sites are fighting towards the one goal why not let the community users have a single login for all sites. Wait, is that even possible i hear you say?, a single login that will let me access all my favorite sites, how will that work.

The answer is simple and has been freely available to all in the guise of a project called OpenID http://openid.net/. OpenID is an open, decentralized and free framework for user-centric digital identity. In other words it lets users have a single identity that allows access to multiple websites if the site allows OpenID logins.

You can try OpenID out on this site as from today

Some Information about OpenID

OpenID starts with the concept that anyone can identify themselves on the Internet the same way websites do-with a URI (also called a URL or web address). Since URIs are at the very core of Web architecture, they provide a solid foundation for user-centric identity.

The first piece of the OpenID framework is authentication — how you prove ownership of a URI. Today, websites require user names and passwords to login, which means that many people use the same password everywhere. With OpenID Authentication (see specs), your user name is your URI, and your password (or other credentials) stays safely stored on your OpenID Provider (which you can run yourself, or use a third-party identity provider).

To login to an OpenID-enabled website (even one you’ve never been to before), just type your OpenID URI. The website will then redirect you to your OpenID Provider to login using whatever credentials it requires. Once authenticated, your OpenID provider will send you back to the website with the necessary credentials to log you in. By using Strong Authentication where needed, the OpenID Framework can be used for all types of transactions, both extending the use of pure single-sign-on as well as the sensitivity of data shared.

Beyond Authentication, the OpenID framework provides the means for users to share other components of their digital identity. By utilizing the emerging OpenID Attribute Exchange specification (see specs), users are able to clearly control what pieces of information can be shared by their Identity Provider, such as their name, address, or phone number.

Today, OpenID has emerged as the de-facto user-centric identity framework allowing millions of people to interact online. With programs such as the I Want My OpenID Bounty, developers of Open Source projects are rapidly adding support for OpenID in order to enable their communities.

This could bring many benefits to a community by letting users roam from site to site with the same login details effectively building all sites into a massive single network for users. Now in 2007 shouldn’t that be the main goal in the world of free information and talk of stand united? OpenID also has the potential to bring users to a site that might not necessarily have taken the time to register otherwise.

I am pretty sure if a few of the larger sites took the first step towards OpenID others would soon follow their lead.

I don’t know if OpenID login’s will ever become a reality in the emule comunnity but without the first person taking that step to trial the concept will we ever find out. We can only live in hope i guess

To et your own OpenID Idenity visit https://www.myopenid.com/

At the current time there are already existing ways if integrating OpenId into Most CMS and Forums systems, there really is nothing stopping integration happening at a percentage of sites tomorrow.

OpenID Popular CMS and Forum Integration Packages

phpBB OpenID Integration
http://openid.phpbb.cc/

PHPNuke OpenId Integration
http://www.tunsync.com/

PostNuke OpenID Integration
http://www.yoursync.com/

If you would like to see OpenID working in a live enviroment please watch the video below.

OpenID Web Demonstartion Video By Simon Willison.

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