OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

OpenID is set to bring you (the user) back control of your login! With nearly ten-thousand compatible websites, OpenID is fast becoming the new easy and secure way to login.

The Good: How it works
A login under OpenID defies current logic by storing sensitive data such as your password, birthdate, full name, etc with an identity provider whom you completely trust. You can then feel safe giving websites, even those you don’t trust, your Identity URL. Using your Identity URL a website can contact the trusted identity provider, and ask for information about you. Then your identity provider will confirm your consent by asking you to login. The big difference is that you always login to your trusted identity provider, whom tells the website you successively logged in and tells the website whatever you told it to. This means no more registering, manage passwords, or anything of the kind as your identity is managed by a single site.
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xkcd.com is just plain the best comic I’ve ever seen on the web! And it’s about math and linux to boot! It has every thing from Stealing your Neighbors WiFi to the Power of Sudo. It even has cool forums to discuss life, the universe, and everything else.

A webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language.

This is the first post in a hopefully long running series about the FlippedWEB team’s adventures with technology, mostly dealing with linux and Open Source.

This isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking bit of hackery ever, but if you happen to be a linux user, it sure can be funny!

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