---
title: "idproxy.net"
description: "<p>If you haven’t done so already, go check out (and hopefully use, afterwards) <a href="http://idproxy.net/">idproxy.net</a>.</p>
<p>As written in <a href="http://idproxy.net/about/">idproxy.net’s about page</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>idproxy.net acts as a bridge between these two worlds. You can sign in to idproxy.net using your <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</a> account, and then create one or more OpenID accounts for use elsewhere on the Web.</p></blockquote>
<p>Basically, if you have a Yahoo ID, you can sign-in and create an OpenID for yourself at idproxy.net thus allowing you to use your Yahoo ID and password to connect to any OpenID supported site.</p>"
doc_version: "1"
last_updated: "2017-06-02"
date: 2007-01-29
tags: [bbauth, Identity, idproxy, idproxy.net, OpenID, Yahoo]
canonical: "https://eran.sandler.co.il/2007/01/29/idproxynet/"
---

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If you haven&#8217;t done so already, go check out (and hopefully use, afterwards) [idproxy.net][1].

As written in [idproxy.net&#8217;s about page][2]:

> idproxy.net acts as a bridge between these two worlds. You can sign in to idproxy.net using your [Yahoo!][3] account, and then create one or more OpenID accounts for use elsewhere on the Web.

Basically, if you have a Yahoo ID, you can sign-in and create an OpenID for yourself at idproxy.net thus allowing you to use your Yahoo ID and password to connect to any OpenID supported site.

Go try it out!

[idproxy.net][4] is written by [Simon Willison][5]. You can read more about the service in [this post][6] on his blog.

 [1]: http://idproxy.net/
 [2]: http://idproxy.net/about/
 [3]: http://www.yahoo.com/
 [4]: http://idproxy.net
 [5]: http://simonwillison.net/
 [6]: http://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/27/idproxy/