In a Web 2.0 world, users combine services from many providers. Having a common identity across providers eliminates a barrier to entry and adopting a user-centric identity system puts the user in control of how their information is combined. This session is about the opportunities and issues involved specifically with adopting open protocols, the solutions they provide, and open issues that remain to be solved. These include user experience, permission management, and mashup API authentication and how AOL’s new Open Authentication (OpenAuth) API addresses them.
Praveen Alavilli is the Systems Architect for AOL Web Authentication Systems. He works on designing and building Strong Authentication and Single Sign On System for all AOL Web Properties. He has been recently working on building support for new User-Centric Open Protocols within AOL.