OpenId Authentication Plugin in Joomla 3.x

manu_b23 · Post by **manu_b23** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:42 am

Hai,

My client ask for the use of 'OpenId ' for authentication. But Its not available in Joomla 3.x. These days, we see a lot of cloud services, apps, web apps relying on OpenID connect with oAuth 2.0 protocol to manage authentication and secure access

Why joomla 3.x avoid the 'OpenId Authentication' system ? ... can you help me some more details about this openid, is it more secure than any thing ?

Can we say the 'Authentication - Gmail' , is same behavior of this 'OpenId ' authentication ?

I am working with Joomla 3.4.1.
As far I am using the default template.

Thanks in advance,
ManuB

itoctopus · Post by **itoctopus** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:47 am

Joomla 1.5 was the last version of Joomla to use OpenID as an authentication system. If you want to use OpenID for authentication on 3.x (or 2.5.x), then you will need to install an extension to do that for you (the JED has quite a few).

As to why it was removed, I couldn't find a single official resources that states why (if anyone knows of one, then please share).

manu_b23 · Post by **manu_b23** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:05 am

Why joomla 2.x & 3.x avoid/removed the 'OpenId Authentication' system from there system ??

'Authentication - Gmail' , is same behavior of this 'OpenId ' authentication

Thanks

brian · Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:31 am

It was removed in Sep 2010
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... e_7yUYp4zI

manu_b23 · Post by **manu_b23** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:15 am

@brian ... 'Authentication - Gmail' , is same behavior of this 'OpenId ' authentication

. The basic behavior is same ?

Thanks

brian · Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:40 pm

manu_b23 · Post by **manu_b23** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:55 pm

>. Oh Why say like that, can you say a bit more ..

Thanks

brian wrote:no

spalmstr · Post by **spalmstr** » Wed May 27, 2015 8:11 am

I have looked for OpenID plugins in the Extension Directory, but none work at the moment, it seems.
TJ-uLogin - won't install due to missing XML file. Web site is in Russian!
hs_users - installs, but the setup runs a message with a redirect link.
External Login only has a CAS plugin, no OpenID plugin
HybridAuth is no longer available.

So, so far, it looks as though OpenID authentication is not a live option for Joomla 3.x.

moomola · Post by **moomola** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:30 pm

+1

even if that is not native anymore, at least there should have in 2016 some reliable and working extension that allows joomla to support communication with external identity providers.

Protocols like openid connect or SAML tend to become de facto standard and usual best practices for companies that want to manage seriously user identities and application accesses: joomla would make a great mistake if ignoring this reality.

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