HEMANT SONKER'S BLOG: OpenID

Hi friends,people are more moving towards OpenId.Do you avoid new websites because they come with yet another username and password?
There is no need to remember so many passwords for differnt sites.The answer is simple Use OpenID.

First let us know that What is OpenID???

OpenID is an open standard that lets you sign in to other sites on the Web using any of your openId.It can be of yahoo,livjournal,wordpress,aol,myopenId.com etc.
You need to remember only one user name and password.

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. OpenID takes advantage of already existing internet technology (URI, HTTP, SSL, Diffie-Hellman) and realizes that people are already creating identities for themselves whether it be at their blog, photostream, profile page, etc. With OpenID you can easily transform one of these existing URIs into an account which can be used at sites which support OpenID logins.
OpenID allows anyone who can run a web server to run an identity server. Your identity server is separate from your identity, so you are free to use any identity server that has some ability to validate your identity and you can change between them at will. An identity server is sometimes referred to as an identity provider. If you wish, you can use the services listed below with your own website as your identifier using delegate

OpenID came from open source community.OpenID is a lightweight method of identifying individuals that uses the same technology framework that is used to identify websites.
OpenID is not owned by any one.
You can use your OpenID on any one of a growing number of sites which support OpenID

You may already have one. If you use any of the following services, you already have your own OpenID: