Online identity verification solution

Question

I am building a Python web application and we will need a user identity verification solution... something to verify the users identity during account registration.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience in integrating such a solution. What vendors/products out there have worked well with you? Any tips?

I don't have any experience in this matter so feel free to let me know if any additional information is required.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There are many different ways to implement a verification system, the concept is quite simple but actually building can be a hassle, especially if you are doing it from scratch.

The best way to approach this is to find a framework that handles the aspect of verification. Turbogears and Pylons are both capable of this rather than doing it yourself or using third party apps.

Personally I have worked on commercial projects using both frameworks and was able to sort out verification quite easily.

User verification utilizes specific concepts and low level technology such as: the internet's stateless characteristic, session handling, database design, etc...

So the point I am making is that it would be better if you rather got a good, stable framework that could do the dirty work for you.

By the way what framework are you thinking of using? That would help me give a more detailed answer.

Hope this helps?