On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Robb Shecter <r...@weblaws.org> wrote: >> >> >> Not to "derail" the open-id idea I think we should support oAuth 100% >> and it certainly would help with persistent applications and scalability... >> >> > I don't think that's a derail at all. I don't know OAuth that well, but it > seems to provide the same benefits of OpenID Provider. >
OpenID and OAuth are different. The former provides a decentralized, yet single, login service, while the latter provides an authorization service from a consumer application to a provider application. They seem similar at first, but do different things. Both would be nice to have. The following article gives a good idea of the differences: http://softwareas.com/oauth-openid-youre-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-if-you-think-theyre-the-same-thing Respectfully, Ryan Lane _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
