From 01a95bfb6b3ab4956dac85921f82a0bada1f8db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Ignacio Fiorentino Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 12:59:36 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README. --- README.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 5223e71..65544e3 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ Django OIDC Provider .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/django-oidc-provider.svg :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-oidc-provider +************ +About OpenID +************ + +OpenID Connect is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol, which allows computing clients to verify the identity of an end-user based on the authentication performed by an authorization server, as well as to obtain basic profile information about the end-user in an interoperable and REST-like manner. `Google `_ is a good example of an OpenID Provider. + +***************** +About the package +***************** Django OIDC Provider can help you providing out of the box all the endpoints, data and logic needed to add OpenID Connect capabilities to your Django projects.