Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this?

Lawson English <lenglish5@cox.net> Sat, 21 February 2009 00:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this?
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Gareth Nelson wrote:
>> Tightly coupling the MSP and identity provider functions is why I have to
>> keep telling people that Mark McCahill is named Mysterio Sinister in Second
>> Life - I can't easily be mccahill@duke.edu because Second Life doesn't use
>> external federated identity providers. Then when I go to one of the OpenSim
>> worlds, I need to create another account, and hope that nobody has signed up
>> for Mysterio Sinister before I got there.
>>     
>
> Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't this the problem the OGP agent
> domain was designed to resolve?
> I propose an agent domain which itself allows multiple methods of authentication
>   

Authentication itself was left pretty much under-defined to this point 
in that OGP, with the assumption that different agent domains might have 
different authentication schemes. Another thing to keep in mind is that, 
regarding IP issues, different girds/worlds might have different 
standards for what is an acceptable authentication scheme.

L

[mmox] The Story So Far... Mark Lentczner
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity)
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Gareth Nelson
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Charles Krinke
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Christian Scholz
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Gareth Nelson
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity)
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity)
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Christian Scholz
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Christian Scholz
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Gareth Nelson
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Kajikawa Jeremy
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Charles Krinke
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Lawson English
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Lawson English
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Suzy Deffeyes
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Charles Krinke
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Dan Olivares
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Dan Olivares
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Lawson English
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jesrad
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Kajikawa Jeremy
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jesrad
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Hurliman, John
[mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Mark P. McCahill
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Charles Krinke
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] The Story So Far... Jon Watte
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Christian Scholz
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Jesrad
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Christian Scholz
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Kajikawa Jeremy
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Hurliman, John
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Gareth Nelson
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Lawson English
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity)
Re: [mmox] where is identity @ in all this? Christian Scholz