Yearly Archives: 2015


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 […]


Final OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode Specification Approved

The OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode specification has been approved as a Final Specification by a vote of the OpenID Foundation members. A Final Specification provides intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification and is not subject to further revision. This specification defines how to return OAuth 2.0 […]


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 […]


Final OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration Specification Approved

The OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration specification has been approved as a Final Specification by a vote of the OpenID Foundation members. A Final Specification provides intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification and is not subject to further revision. This specification defines how to migrate from OpenID […]


Vote to approve final OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode specification

The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Final Specification: OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode 1.0 – Defines how to return OAuth 2.0 Authorization Response parameters (including OpenID Connect Authentication Response parameters) using HTML form values that are auto-submitted by the User Agent […]


Review of proposed final OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode specification

The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Final Specification: OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode 1.0 – Defines how to return OAuth 2.0 Authorization Response parameters (including OpenID Connect Authentication Response parameters) using HTML form values that are auto-submitted by the User Agent […]


Industry Leaders Lead: Google Asks Developers to Migrate from OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect 1

In 2015, waves of disruption are coursing through the Internet identity ecosystem as standard development organizations, companies and governments look to bolster the security and privacy of the information they are charged with protecting. Implementing the latest open standards is one of the many practical steps identity providers and relying […]


Review of proposed final OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration specification

The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Final Specification: OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect Migration 1.0 – Defines how to migrate from OpenID 2.0 to OpenID Connect A Final Specification provides intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification and is not subject […]