OpenID

OpenID is an authentication server that can be used across different websites. When you type a url and the site is OpenID enabled it will go through the OpenID server and authenticate the user against that particular url. Some of the sites like AOL uses OpenID.There are lot of OpenID providers are available. Shown below is the diagram representing different steps in authentication using OpenID.OpenID4Java is a n

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