OpenID: The Last Element in the Web 2.0 Puzzle

As you know, OpenID is a convenient technology for “pass-through” authorization on various websites on the Internet. Having got himself a single account, the user with his help authorizes on all websites that support OpenID.

The user creates on any OpenID site his personal page, which with the help of special OpenID tags turns into a “virtual passport” of the user. It stores the name, email address and other information that you may need during registration. The string with the URL of this "passport" can be used as a login on any site that supports this technology.

According to experts with O'Reilly Radar , the OpenID system is “the last necessary element in the Web 2.0 puzzle,” since the new generation web definitely needs a decentralized identification system.

Currently, dozens of social networks are trying to "isolate themselves" from each other through closed registration systems. A MySpace user cannot specify a LinkedIn user among his “friends”, and this is clearly an artificial, contrived division of people into factions. No sites have the right to control the identity of the user.
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You can imagine the future, where the unified identification system will operate. Virtual personalities will be created once and for all. They can be used immediately for all sites. It will be impossible to fake a virtual identity, and each virtual authority will accumulate over the years. We will get a practically accurate analogue of the human name system that operates in the offline world. Naturally, Webu 2.0 needs such a system.

In this sense, we are pleased with the fact that the OpenID system is rapidly increasing its influence. At the moment, it is supported by about 500 sites. OpenID accounts are automatically created for users of the popular Livejournal and Vox blogger platforms. Two dozen servers have been registered as OpenID providers.

There are additional services that extend the functionality of OpenID. For example, the BotBouncer system offers the implementation and maintenance of anti-spam CAPTCHA tests for all sites that support OpenID.

Six Apart and other companies that promote the standard of open decentralized identification have created a special marketing program that promotes an open standard and holds various promotions. For example, independent developers can create their own development for OpenID and publish them under an open source license. The authors of the first ten programs will share the prize pool of $ 5,000.