OpenID system - A logically decentralised solution

I came across this article on OpenID recently & was intrigued by the fact that its a totally free system which is being used by a couple of organisations like

http://iwantmyopenid.org

http://www.openidenabled.com/

If you ask me what is OpenID, in technical terms, i would say, "It is an open, FREE, decentralised framework for User-centric digital Identity". Gone Bouncers na...

Well, Simply put, its a way to uniquely identify yourself on the internet without the need to login multiple times.

Its provides for a secure authentication architecture & controls are in the hands of the user.

Take an example...like every website is identified by its unique URL(website address), so will a user be identified by his own unique username. His Password & other credentials would be stored on an OpenID Authentication System. So, Whenever a User wants to login to any website, his request first goes to the OpenID server which then supplies the correct details & directs his request to the particular website. So user does not have to wait or login multiple times. EVERYTHING is done by the OpenID framework.

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Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Eijaz