Dynamic Delegate Identity?

Josh Hoyt josh at janrain.com
Mon Sep 4 19:06:24 UTC 2006


On 9/2/06, Martin Atkins <mart at degeneration.co.uk> wrote:
> Can't this just use the new support for entering your IDP's URL rather
> than your own URL? You'd just say (for example):
>
> <openid:Delegate>http://www.myidentityprovider.com/</openid:Delegate>

This doesn't actually *do* anything. The delegate value is sent to the
IdP to tell it how to identify the user. If the delegate is the same
as the IdP, it doesn't provide any information. If you want to use
IdP-driven identifier selection, enter the URL of your IdP.

Josh


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