Authenticating Namecoin identities with OpenID Connect
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:54 pm
I've just written a quick-and-dirty specification for authenticating Namecoin IDs without the need for a user agent program to create signatures. It works by delegating authentication to an OpenID Connect server. In this way, users can have control over who they trust to authenticate them, and can switch trust providers easily, while not requiring any support for Namecoin or NameID on the user agent. This would allow websites and other services to provide Namecoin as a primary form of authentication.
The specification is currently here: https://gist.github.com/VShell/616025eba6d38f69fd34
Any comments are welcome.
The specification is currently here: https://gist.github.com/VShell/616025eba6d38f69fd34
Any comments are welcome.