New Fedora openid provider (fas-openid) in service

[Kevin Kofler]

Adam Williamson wrote:

> 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.

OpenID actually supports delegation, so technically it would be possible for 
(accountname).id.fedoraproject.org to forward to kurt.seifried.org. But does 
it make sense in practice? I doubt it.

        Kevin Kofler