Rumors are swirling that OpenID is working on a new standard called OpenID Connect that will be built on top of OAuth. This would allow a single handshake for both identification and data transfer.

OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: The Professional Guide Authentication and authorization are critical parts of any application. They evolved over the years to meet the challenging requirements of the ...

Unlike previous versions of the OpenID Foundation’s login standards, OpenID Connect uses OAuth in addition to using the secure SSL connections.

Is it reasonable to think that a webapplication that performs standard OIDC login (using an Identity service) should be able to * either get multiple access tokens for multiple audiences * or one ...

OpenID Connect is described as a "widely-adopted identity protocol built on OAuth 2.0 that enables third-party login to applications." The Foundation that develops it includes the likes of Google ...

Mozilla's Persona, the organization's experimental distributed login system that's an alternative to OpenID and OAuth, is now officially in public beta. Mozilla bills Persona as a "login system ...

Facebook has joined the OpenID Foundation's board to join companies like Google, IBM and Yahoo. The big question is how OpenID and Facebook Connect, a rival identity format, will be tied together.