First implementers certify to OpenID4VP and OpenID4VCI with HAIP
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce the first fourteen organizations to self-certify their implementations of OpenID for Verifiable Presentations (OpenID4VP) and OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance (OpenID4VCI) with the High Assurance Interoperability Profile (HAIP). As the first to self-certify, these organizations are in a strong position. Their implementations have passed the OpenID Foundation’s conformance […]
Australian Age Assurance Experience
A long journey starts with a single step (often in the dark!) By Thomas Ludot (and co), Senior Consultant at ID Partners A long journey starts with a single step — Lao Tzu, The Tao Te Ching We know. It is obvious. We often know we have to go, but we wait until we have […]
OpenID Foundation launches refreshed conformance suite interface
Today the OpenID Foundation is rolling out a refreshed interface for its conformance suite – the open-source tooling implementers use to validate OpenID Connect, FAPI, CIBA, OpenID for Identity Assurance, Authorization API, Shared Signals and OpenID for Verifiable Credentials implementations. Following user research with Super User Studio. The Foundation has reworked the interface so first-time […]
Post-Quantum OpenID Connect
By Phil Schmieder (University of Wuppertal), Ethan Heilman (Cloudflare) with thanks to the following editors, reviewers, and contributors: Ralph Bragg, Serj Hallam, Gail Hodges, Frederik Krogsdal Jacobsen, Michael Jones, Nat Sakimura, Bas Westerbaan. As the internet migrates to post-quantum cryptography, we wanted to look at some potential issues OpenID Connect deployments may face when migrating to post-quantum […]
OIDF welcomes CISA and NIST’s new guidance on token security
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released Interagency Report 8587: Protecting Tokens and Assertions from Forgery, Theft, and Misuse, as announced by CISA and NIST respectively. The report sets out how federal agencies and cloud service providers should defend identity infrastructure against increasingly sophisticated […]
Implementer’s Draft of OpenID Connect Key Binding Approved
The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID Connect Key Binding 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-key-binding-1_0-ID1.html An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This is the first Implementer’s Draft of this specification. This specification is a product of the OpenID […]
Implementer’s Drafts of Two OpenID Federation Extensions Approved
The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts: OpenID Federation Subordinate Events Endpoint 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-federation-subordinate-events-1_0-ID1.html OpenID Federation Extended Subordinate Listing 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-federation-extended-listing-1_0-ID1.html An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. These are the first Implementer’s Drafts of these specifications. […]
Verifying Guardianship Online
An OpenID Research Paper The OpenID Foundation is publishing a series of papers to contribute to the global conversation about child safety online. This first paper is a piece of research, conducted by Dr. Rachel O’Connell and Aebha Curtis, and commissioned by the OpenID Foundation Board. It explores the experiences of guardians – in particular […]
Notice of Vote for Proposed OpenID Connect Ephemeral Subject Identifier 1.0 Final Specification
The voting period will be between Wednesday, September 16, 2026 and Wednesday, September 30, 2026, once the 60-day review of the specification has been completed. The OpenID Connect working group page is https://openid.net/wg/connect/. If you’re not already a member, or if your membership has expired, please consider joining to participate in the approval vote. Information on joining the […]
OpenID Foundation seeks Technical Director
The OpenID Foundation is hiring a Technical Director to join its leadership team, reporting to Executive Director Gail Hodges. The role leads the OpenID Foundation’s relationships with priority partners and ecosystems, represents the Foundation at industry and government events, and provides strategic leadership for the Conformance Program. Full-time is preferred, with a 20 […]