New Fedora openid provider (fas-openid) in service

[Jaroslav Reznik]

----- Original Message -----
> On 05/03/13 10:39 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote:
> > can I use my existing openid? kurt.seifried.org
> > <http://kurt.seifried.org>.
> 
> That's not really a question that makes sense. Fedora runs an OpenID
> provider which gives you an OpenID associated with your 'Fedora
> identity' - ultimately, it's backed by your FAS account. Your own
> OpenID
> is a completely different identity. The idea of 'using' your
> 'existing'
> OpenID with Fedora's OpenID provider is just not an idea that is
> compatible with how OpenID works.

A lot of OpenID aware sites offers you possibility to bind your
OpenID with the local account. And yes, sometimes it leads to
strange results (based on how bad you implemented it). Last 
time I tried it with one local e-shop I ended in some account
limbo ;-)

R.

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