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]
As a historical note, the name "WebFinger" is derived from the old ARPANET Finger protocol, but is a very different protocol designed for HTTP.[7]
External links
- webfinger.net community site
- WebFinger information and open source software
- sabre/webfinger server implementation by sabre.io
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0
- ↑ Welcome to OpenID Connect
- ↑ Evan Prodromou Speaks on the Future of StatusNet
- ↑ How Diaspora Connects Users
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Introducing WebFinger
