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Why do we need OpenID Connect?
OpenID Connect lets developers authenticate their users across websites and apps without having to own and manage password files. For the app builder, it provides a secure verifiable, answer to the question: “What is the identity of the person currently using the browser or native app that is connected to me?”
What is the disadvantages of OpenID account?
The disadvantages are (I could imagine): Hostile OpenID providers (spam?) authenticating their spambots etc. Other security concerns by allowing a third party to authenticate your users.
Is OpenID a SSO service?
OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO)
Who is using OpenID?
As of March 2016, there are over 1 billion OpenID-enabled accounts on the Internet (see below) and approximately 1,100,934 sites have integrated OpenID consumer support: AOL, Flickr, Google, Amazon.com, Canonical (provider name Ubuntu One), LiveJournal, Microsoft (provider name Microsoft account), Mixi, Myspace, Novell …
Is OAuth2 SSO?
To Start, OAuth is not the same thing as Single Sign On (SSO). While they have some similarities — they are very different. OAuth is an authorization protocol. SSO is a high-level term used to describe a scenario in which a user uses the same credentials to access multiple domains.
Do you need an ID to use OpenID Connect?
Note that OpenID Connect doesn’t specify how users should actually be authenticated, this is left up to the provider to decide. ID tokens are requested via the OAuth 2.0 protocol, which has been a tremendous success on its own.
What is the role of AM in OpenID Connect?
The OpenID Provider (OP) (OAuth 2.0 authorization server and also resource server) that holds the user information and grants access. AM can play this role in an OpenID Connect deployment. The OP effectively has the end user’s consent to providing the RP with access to some of its user information.
Which is not considered a legal value in OpenID Connect?
In OpenID Connect, response_type=token is not considered as a legal value: http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#Authentication.
Can a relying party register with OpenID Connect?
OpenID Connect Relying Party Registration OpenID Connect relying parties register OAuth 2.0 client profiles with AM. Relying parties can register with AM as a provider both statically, as for other OAuth 2.0 clients, and also dynamically, as specified by OpenID Connect Discovery.