Hey Paul, Check out Web Finger (http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/). They're tackling all of the discovery bits.
--David On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Paul E. Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > Folks, > > > > I had asked about this a couple of years ago and I noted that a few others > have also inquired about it. > > > > What I had proposed before was a translation using NAPTR records in DNS. > For example, for my own ID (http://openid.packetizer.com/paulej) would be > translated using the NAPTR record as shown below: > > > > @ IN NAPTR 100 10 "u" "E2U+OpenID" "!^(.+)@packetizer.com$! > http://openid.packetizer.com/\\1!i"; . > > > > I actually put this record into the DNS for packetizer.com, so you can see > it. This does a simple translation from an email address style to a URL. > It has the proposed service type “E2U+OpenID”. Using NAPTR records and > email addresses would be entirely optional, of course: some users may not > have the same OP as the entity providing email service. But, I think this > would be very useful for those who do, including any enterprises that might > want to use OpenID internally. > > > > What was the final outcome of this or is it still under discussion? > > > > Paul > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *David Recordon > *Sent:* Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:51 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Email Address to URL Transformation > > > > Hey Arshad, > > This is now something we're talking about supporting in OpenID > Authentication 2.1 though it isn't yet clear whether it will support a > transformation technique like EAUT or something else. > > > > --David > > > > On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Arshad Khan wrote: > > > > Does OpenID 2.0 support ‘Email Address to URL Transformation (EAUT)? > > > > There is some info on this page of what EAUT is: > > > > http://blog.vidoop.com/archives/139 > > > > Has Vidoop developed this outside OpenID 2.0 framework? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Arshad > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs > >
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