This section is providing information on various OpenID providers; they are listed alphabetically.
Mainstream Websites as OpenID Providers
If you just want to test OpenID and don’t feel comfortable registering with a new service, you will be pleasantly surprised that you probably have an OpenID already. Some well-known services have turned the URIs of user profile pages into OpenIDs. That’s actually pretty cool, isn’t it? No need for another provider; well, at least for testing purposes. Of course, you can stick with those providers but you can also switch to another, more specialised one later on. We have not much details about those providers’ OpenID related features. The reason is quite simple: we didn’t contact them.
The respected URIs are provided, so you can get started right away.
AOL/AIM: openid.aol.com/yourname
Blogger: URL of your blog
Bloglines: d.bloglines.com/yourname
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/yourname
LiveDoor: profile.livedoor.com/yourname
MyBlogLog: mybloglog.com/buzz/memebers/yourname
MySpace: myspace.com/yourname
Orange France: id.orange.fr
SmugMug: yourname.smugmug.com
Technorati: technorati.com/people/technorati/yourname
WordPress.com: yourname.wordpress.com
Ziki: my.ziki.com/yourname
Overview on Providers
So far these providers are listed in more detail on Spread OpenID:
Page 2: Beemba, Certifi.ca, ClaimID
Page 3: clavid, idproxy.net, LiveJournal
Page 4: myOpenID.com, myVidoop, OpenID.ee (Estonian)
Page 5: SignOn.com, Six Apart (TypeKey, Vox), StartCom SSL
Page 6: Sxipper, VeriSign PIP, Xlogon (German)
Page 7: Yahoo!
Questions to Providers
These are the questions we were asking providers which are listed on the next pages:
1. Do you support the Simple Registration Extension (SREG)?
2. Will you support OpenID 2.0?
3. How do users log in to the OpenID provider (user name/password, certificates,…)?
4. Are all transfers of personal data SSL secured?
5. Which features do you provide to prevent phishing?
6. Any other security features?
7. Do you support multiple personas?
8. Are user profiles enriched with semantic data, e.g.microformats or FOAF?
9. Do you provide any additional services or features?
10. Are there any new features or services planned in the foreseeable future?
11. Any comments, suggestions,…?
If you want to add details for your own provider or report changes, please use the contact form on our About page. Thanks a lot!
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