OpenID Certification Program Expansion and Fee Update
The OpenID Foundation launched the OpenID Certification Program in 2015. The Program enables organizations to certify that their OpenID Connect implementations conform to specified profiles of the OpenID Connect standard. The certification program is a tool to help ensure that implementations by different parties will interoperate. It provides assurance to the global community of developers […]
OpenID Certification Now Available for Form Post Response Mode Implementations
Conformance profiles for OPs and RPs implementing Form Post Response Mode are now ready for you to test and use. These are in the pilot phase and so certifications using them are currently available to any OpenID Foundation member for free. If you aren’t a member and want to certify during the pilot phase, you […]
OpenID Certification Expanding to FAPI Specs
Announcement: The OpenID Foundation announced today it will continue expanding the scope of its award-winning OpenID Certification program, adding new profiles and capabilities. The new Form Post Response Mode profiles were launched this week during the Identiverse conference. The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce its plans to expand the scope of the certification program […]
Relying Party OpenID Certification Entering Production Phase
The OpenID Certification program for OpenID Connect Relying Parties has reached a level of maturity that the time has come to end the pilot phase, in which we were “testing the tests”. After August 8th, 2017, the Relying Party Certification program will join the OpenID Provider Certification program in production status. Thanks to those who […]
OpenID Connect Relying Party Certification Adoption
The adoption of the new OpenID Connect Relying Party (RP) Certification has exceeded our expectations – especially the surprising number of early adopters who tested a wide variety of implementations. The tests were improved at an accelerating rate, with many organizations actively “testing the tests”. All of the OpenID Foundation’s success metrics – the volume, […]
Building on What’s Built: OpenID Certification Momentum
At the OpenID Certification Launch in April 2015, 6 organizations had certified 8 OpenID Connect Provider implementations for 21 conformance profiles. Now, as you can see at http://openid.net/certification/, 14 organizations and individuals have certified 16 OpenID Connect Provider implementations for 48 conformance profiles. The OpenID Foundation has championed self-certification as an important new trust building […]
The Path Forward for Self-Certification
The increasing adoption of OpenID Connect deployments has required the OpenID Foundation to develop new certification models that support the practical business, legal and technical realities of today’s Internet scale deployments. Throughout 2015, the pilot phase of OpenID Connect self-certification has been testing the efficiencies, cost effectiveness and trustworthiness of this new approach. Early adopters […]
Certification pilot expanded to all OIDF members
The OpenID Foundation has opened the OpenID Certification pilot phase to all OpenID members, as the Board previously announced we would do in May. This enables individual and non-profit members to also self-certify OpenID Connect implementations. The OpenID Board has not yet finalized beta pricing to cover the costs of certification applications during the next […]
Certification Accomplishments and Next Steps
I’d like to take a moment and congratulate the OpenID Foundation members who made the successful OpenID Certification launch happen. By the numbers, six organizations were granted 21 certifications covering all five defined conformance profiles. See Mike Jones’ note Perspectives on the OpenID Connect Certification Launch for reflections on what we’ve accomplished and how we […]
The OpenID Foundation Launches OpenID Connect Certification Program
Google, Microsoft, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, Nomura Research Institute, and PayPal OpenID Connect Deployments First to Self-Certify Conformance RSA Conference 2015, San Francisco, CA – April 22, 2015 – Today the OpenID® Foundation introduced OpenID Connect Certification – a program that enables organizations to certify that their OpenID Connect implementations conform to specified profiles of the […]