RelMeAuth

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RelMeAuth is an authentication method that uses personal URL for identity that rel-me link to established OAuth provider(s) to perform the actual authentication.

See: http://microformats.org/wiki/relmeauth for more details.

Contents 1 Testimonials 1.1 Dan Connolly 1.2 Dan W 1.3 Jeff Lindsay 2 Implementations 3 FAQ 4 See Also

Testimonials

Dan Connolly

http://microformats.org/wiki/RelMeAuth is nifty... like OpenId but even simpler.

[1]

Dan W

RelMeAuth looks good, might have to re-add rel=me's to my site http://microformats.org/wiki/RelMeAuth

[2]

Jeff Lindsay

Invited to @IndieWebCamp, didn't have IndieAuth domain to login. Took 10s to add rel="me" to homepage. No "providers". Your move OpenID

[3]

Implementations

Open source implementations

• IndieAuth - service and open source
• Node.js:
  • https://npmjs.org/package/relmeauth
  • https://github.com/superfeedr/node-relmeauth
• PHP: https://github.com/themattharris/RelMeAuth/

FAQ

Q: Why does RelMeAuth need a silo backlink?

A: RelMeAuth is composed of two building blocks, rel-me, and OAuth. rel-me requires bidirectional linking for confirmation of identity consolidation.

There are also usability, error detection, and recovery reasons for keeping such a double opt-in mechanism when delegating authentication. For example, it prevents one from delegating their RelMeAuth to another person's silo account.

• IRC log

See Also

• https://twitter.com/relmeauth
• IndieAuth
• microformats
• Web Sign-In Use Cases