Just about every web application uses the username and password combination for authentication. OpenID offers a better way. Learn how to integrate OpenID authentication in your Rails 2.0 applications.
by Riccardo Govoni
April 15, 2008
penID is a service, framework, and protocol that is revolutionizing the realm of user authentication and identity services. Started in 2004 by Brad Fitzpatrick, OpenID is now a mature framework supported by major Internet organizations such as AOL, Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo. It offers a distributed, reliable, and open way for web sites to authenticate their users and saves web developers from the need to write yet another piece of authentication code.
This article describes what OpenID is and how it can benefit your web site development. It provides an example by demonstrating OpenID integration with the Ruby on Rails 2.0 framework.
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penID is a service, framework, and protocol that is revolutionizing the realm of user authentication and identity services. Started in 2004 by Brad Fitzpatrick, 
