BrowserID: Distributed Identity in the Browser

Francois Marier <francois@catalyst.net.nz>

Existing Solutions

Client Certificates

Outsource Identity

Be an OpenID Consumer

usability

usability reliability

usability reliabilitylock-in

usability reliabilitylock-in privacy

wanted:better web logins with strongprivacy protection

“ ”Its about you proving to a websitethat you own an email address.

simple

simple distributed

simple distributed privacy-protecting

you have a signed statement fromgmail that you own your email address

Is it really that awesome?

Is it really that awesome?Not quite, but it it will be!

Adding BrowserID to your applicationStep 1: enable BrowserID<script src="https://browserid.org/include.js"></script>

Adding BrowserID to your applicationStep 2: get users identitynavigator.id.get(function(assertion) { if (assertion) { // User picked an email address ... } else { // User cancelled ... }});

Adding BrowserID to your applicationStep 3: verify users identity$ curl -d"assertion=<ASSERTION>&audience=http://mysite.com""https://browserid.org/verify"

Adding BrowserID to your applicationStep 3: verify users identity$ curl -d"assertion=<ASSERTION>&audience=http://mysite.com""https://browserid.org/verify"{ "status": "okay", "email": "person@example.com", "audience": "http://mysite.com", "expires": 1308859352261, "issuer": "browserid.org"}

Learn morehttps://browserid.orghttp://lloyd.io/how-browserid-workshttp://mozilla.github.com/browserid-field-guide/http://myfavoritebeer.org fmarier fmarier Copyright © 2012 François Marier Released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence

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BrowserID: Distributed Identity in the Browser

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