[geeklog-devel] geeklog-devel Digest, Vol 38, Issue 21

[Tom]

Here is a very basic implementation.

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Connect/Setting_Up_Your_Site

With Facebook Connect you actually don't enter your username and password on
the site.  When you click the Facebook Connect button (use Digg.com for
example) it brings up a separate browser window from Facebook itself.  If
you are already logged into Facebook, Facebook then asks if this is the
account you wish to connect with. If you are not logged in, it then asks you
for your Facebook username and password. 

On the 3 sites I use Facebook Connect with it all works the same way.

I believe Twitter works in a similar manner

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Sign-in-with-Twitter

http://mashable.com/2009/04/18/twitter-facebook-connect/



Tom


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dirk Haun
Sent: February-19-10 12:44 PM
To: geeklog-devel
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] geeklog-devel Digest, Vol 38, Issue 21

Mouly Gunarathne wrote:

>@ Dirk I am also thinking about security.......it should bevery important
>point and the other one is will user give their passwrod to a 3rd party web
>site...

Yeah, that's the scary part of the remote authentication - a malicious
site admin could get their user's passwords :-/

OpenID has a better solution for that. How does Facebook handle it?

bye, Dirk


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