Wednesday, 10 October 2007
SignOn.com Enhancements
« Open House at Ping Identity - Thursday, October 11, 2007 | Main | Whitepaper: Federation Server vs. Open Source Toolkit »We have added a couple of new features to SignOn.com. Your comments/suggestions are always welcome.
- Support for SeatBelt
SeatBelt is a Firefox plug-in by Verisign. It assists you while logging in to OpenID RP sites. You can find more information as well as download it from here:
In a nutshell, it allows for the following:
- One click to get to your IdP.
- Status indicator if you are currently logged in to your IdP.
- Convenient way to switch OpenID providers.
- OpenID form-fill at the OpenID RP. If you are not logged in to your IdP, it challenges for authentication. If you are already have a browser session with your IdP (e.g. SignOn.com), it does form-fill at the RP. - Support for OpenID Provider Authentication Policy Extension (PAPE)
PAPE is an OpenID extension that allows the RP to specify an authentication policy. It allows the IdP to inform the RP what authentication policy was used. It’s similar to the concept of AuthnContext in SAML. Since SignOn.com support multiple means of authentication (username/password and information cards), we update the OpenID response accordingly. Currently, there aren’t many RPs today that leverage this feature. That should be changing soon. You can find more information on PAPE here. - About Me
This is one of the most requested feature by our users. The ‘About’ page allows you to share your information with the world. Consider it the digital equivalent of your business card. Once logged in to SignOn.com, you can fill in your information in the ‘My Profile’ section and click on the
image to publish it and share it with the world. As an example, checkout http://ashish.signon.com .
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