Will Norris talking about things OAuth, OpenID, and Diso at WordCamp. Demonstrates/fakes an OAuth authentication and authorization process with WordPress for iPhone app.
Does this matter? OAuth support is slated for WP 2.7, and people are finally getting smart about linking all this stuff without throwing passwords around “like confetti.”

Posted August 16, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: authorization, DiSo, identity management, OAuth, openid, WordCamp. One Comment.

I just realized OAuth support is slated for inclusion in WordPress 2.7. It’s not in trunk yet, but that’s no reason not to get up to speed. Scott Gilbertson says OAuth and OpenID are foundations to the open social web, giving apps like WordPress a “secure, centralized means of identifying yourself and a way to [...]

Posted August 7, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: OAuth, openid, wordpress. One Comment.