On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Audrey A Lee <audrey.lee.is...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > Are any of you using OpenID to register and authenticate your users? > > I have found 2 projects on github which mix Rails with OpenID: > > http://github.com/tsechingho/authlogic_bundle > http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_openid > > Both projects seem suited for providing a choice to the end-user: > - "Vanilla" password based authentication > - OpenID based authentication > > I want to implement the use-case where the end-user is allowed only > OpenID based authentication. > > Some end-users are completely confused by the idea of having 2 ways to > authenticate. > > And even the smart ones bump into a problem. They register, and then > return in a month > and forget if they were using a password or OpenID. > > So, I want to make it easy for them. They use OpenID or nothing. > Actually, I want to make it even simpler: Yahoo-OpenID or nothing. > > Anyway I did the obvious thing. > > I tried to remove "Vanilla" password based authentication from each of > the above projects. > > I ended up with 2 piles of broken software. > > So my question is, do you know of any projects or Rails starter kits > which implement OpenID-only authentication?
No I don't. And I believe that the openid advocates don't recommend this. The problem is that if the user's open id server is unavailable for whatever reason, he/she can't log in. Providing a password option for authentications is the openid equivalent of a 'forgot my password' mechanism. Just some food for thought. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale
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