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OpenID is an open, decentralized framework for user-centric digital identity. OpenID starts with the concept that anyone can identify themselves on the Internet the same way websites do-with a URI (also called a URL or web address). Since URIs are at the very core of Web architecture, they provide a foundation for user-centric identity. For more information, please visit the OpenID website@http://www.openid.net/website.
Unfortunately, for our purposes, not all OpenIDs can be treated equally. The digital identity provider ProtectNetwork-ID@http://www.protectnetwork.org/index.htmlID does provide us with an intial bridging strategy. A ProtectNetwork-ID is an online digitial identity for end-users to use for securely accessing any site on the Internet that is protected using open standard technologies such as SAML, Shibboleth® or OpenID. It is likely that other commercial digital identity providers will offer similar services in the future.
Users that have an ID issued by ProtectNetwork-ID can use it with any Shibboleth® or OpenID enabled sites such as:
Any site within the InCommon Federation@http://www.incommonfederation.org/Federation
Any site within the UK Access Management Federation@http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/Federation
Any site within the University of Texas System Federation
The GridShib site@https://computer.ncsa.uiuc.edu/gridshib-ca-test/site
The Wiki site at Internet2@https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/SHIBInternet2
The TestShib site@http://www.testshib.org/site
Any OpenID enabled site@http://www.myopenid.com/directorysite
MIT can also establish a relationship with ProtectNetwork without joining any other Shibboleth federation. ProtectNetwork provides their ProtectNetwork Shibboleth IdP metadata@http://www.protectnetwork.org/policies/pnmetadata.htmlmetadata online with instructions. As a site/federation manager, you may simply download our metadata and follow the install instructions. Alternately, you may coordinate this with our IdM support staff by contacting them at support AT protectnetwork DOT org.