WebFinger
WebFinger is a protocol specified by the IETF that allows for discovery of information about people and things identified by a URI.[1] Information about a person might be discovered via an "acct:" URI, for example, which is a URI that looks like an email address.
WebFinger is specified as the discovery protocol for OpenID Connect,[2] which is a protocol that allows one to more easily log into various sites on the Internet.[3]
The WebFinger protocol is used by the federated social networks StatusNet[4] and Diaspora[5] to discover users on federated nodes and pods as well as the remotestorage protocol[6] used by e.g. ownCloud.[7]
As a historical note, the name "WebFinger" is derived from the old ARPANET Finger protocol, but is a very different protocol designed for HTTP.[8]
External links
References
- ^ Jones, Paul E.; Salgueiro, Gonzalo; Jones, Michael B.; Smarr, Joseph (September 2013). "RFC 7033: WebFinger".
- ^ OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0
- ^ Welcome to OpenID Connect
- ^ Evan Prodromou Speaks on the Future of StatusNet
- ^ How Diaspora Connects Users
- ^ https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-dejong-remotestorage-00.txt]
- ^ Unhosted project
- ^ Introducing WebFinger