IGF Community Site

Since last year’s IGF Community Site was lost, we faced the prospect of requiring everyone to register again. To minimise this pain, both the blog section of igf-online.net (that you are reading now) and also the wiki section, allow you to log on with an OpenID.

What is an OpenID? It is a system which allows you to identify yourself to multiple Web sites using a single username and password, but without needing to share your password around to the administrators of all of those sites. It is bit like Microsoft’s Passport service, but based on open standards.

If you are an existing user of services such as AOL, LiveDoor, LiveJournal, Orange, Technorati, Vox or WordPress.com, then you already have an OpenID. If not, then it’s easy to get one for free. Technical users can even set up their own Web site as the home of their OpenID. All this information and more is available at the OpenID Web site.