Provider Comparison

Standards / Protocols:

• Supports SREG
• OpenID 1.x and 2.0 is supported

Login:

• Username/password
• Username/password + one time password via YubiKey hardware token
• Username with one time password via YubiKey hardware token
• Username with AXSionics biometric fingerprint authentication
• Swiss Post Certificates (Smart-Card)
• Any other Certificates (Soft-Certs and Token-Based Certs)
• Turn ON/OFF of every login mechanism defined by user

Security / Phishing:

• SSL secured transfer of personal data
• Various strong authentication mechanism
• Audit log

Miscellaneous / Future

• XSionics personalization (adding of finterprints to the token) is integrated into the portal
• Support of SAML for B2B integration
• Multiple personas are supported
• Supported by ID Selector

Idproxy.net lets users use their Yahoo! ID as an OpenID.

Standards / Protocols:

• SREG is not supported yet
• OpenID 2.0 is also not supported

Login:

• Uses Yahoo!’s BBAuth API

Security / Phishing:

• No SSL secured transfers but no storage of user data
• No login possible on landing page, instead a bookmark is recommended
• Randomised image which a phishing site can’t re-create
• Protection against XSS and CSRF attacks

Miscellaneous / Future

• No support for microformats and FOAF
• Multiple personas are possible: Users can have five different OpenIDs associated to their account
• Support for signing in with Google and Facebook accounts is planned

 
LiveJournal

Standards / Protocols:

• SREG not supported yet
• OpenID 2.0 also not supported yet

Login:

• Only by username and password

Security / Phishing:

• SSL on logins

Miscellaneous / Future

• No multiple personas
• FOAF, RSS, Atom, XFN, and hCard support
• Supported by ID Selector

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