[jdev] Jabber Login with OpenID

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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On 5/22/09 6:39 AM, Bernhard zwischenbrugger wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I try to make a webchat with OpenID Login.
> 
> OpenID is not difficult.
> Using https://rpxnow.com/ for example makes it very simple.
> Also a Jabber Login using "Strophe" or and other BOSH Lib is simple.
> No Problem with that
> 
> But combining this 2 things is not easy at all.
> 
> If you have never seen openid, here is a simple login process:
> http://lamp2.fhstp.ac.at/~lbz/beispiele/ss2009/openid/
> 
> ejabberd provides the "auth_method: external" and it should be possible
> to login using openid.

That's SASL EXTERNAL. Typically it is used with a digital certificate
presented during TLS negotiation.

> The problem:
> 
> 1.) I don't know how to make the login. I have to send the TOKEN to the
> jabberserver, but I don't have a username or password.
> 2.) If I don't have a username, the jabberserver can't create a useraccount
> 3.) What to use as username? openid provides an "identifier" which seems
> to be unique - but thats not a good username.
> 
> Maybe you have an idea for some if this things.

My idea is that if people want OpenID login, they would need to define a
new SASL mechanism. Personally I don't trust OpenID, but other people
might have enough trust in it to define and use such a SASL mechanism.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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