node-oidc-provider Wins BlueHats Prize for FOSS maintainers

Seeing that node-oidc-provider has been adopted by initiatives like FranceConnect is truly rewarding and it is adoptions like these that reinforce my commitment to continue being involved with open source as well as the standards-developing organizations." Raphaël Dubigny from DINUM who nominated node-oidc-provider for the BlueHats prize motivated his choice saying: "The strategy of the software suite of the operator of DINUM relies on AgentConnect. FranceConnect relies on the node-oidc-provider library for assuring compatibility with the OpenID Connect standard." The jury, made up of French public officials from ANSSI (French Cybersecurity Agency) and DINUM (the Interministerial Digital Department), recognised the importance of node-oidc-provider and its role in identity federation. The members of the Free Software Council wish to continue to highlight this type of initiative: discrete projects that are critical to software infrastructures, and maintained by reliable teams over the years. This has contributed to the OpenID Certification program winning the Identity Innovation Award and European Identity and Cloud Award in 2018 and gave Filip the confidence to take part in the standardization processes done by working groups at OIDF and IETF. Stéphane Herman, CTO of FranceConnect, says: "We chose node-oidc-provider back in late 2018 because the library was listed as a certified OpenID Connect provider." About his attention for certification Filip said: "In the past, I wrote that "Software's conformance to standards and its certification is not the pinnacle to shoot for. If you maintain an OpenID Connect open source project, either client or provider, get it certified." The BlueHats prize is een initiative of the French public administration to express gratitude to maintainers of critical free and open source software and raise awareness for the importance of maintenance.