<h3>Prerequisites:</h3>

<ul>

<li>Microsoft .NET 3.5</li>

<li>Microsoft Windows (XP or Vista, or 2003 Server or later)</li>

<li>See the tools section further below for some helpful software </li>

</ul>

<h2>Getting the samples running</h2>

<h3>Testing the relying party/provider samples with each other</h3>

<p>In this scenario you can use the Personal Web Server (PWS) that is included in Visual

<ol>

<li>Right-click on each web project under the Samples folder and click "View in Browser"

to start PWS for each web site.</li>

<li>Each web project will be dynamicly assigned a port number.&nbsp; Find the port number

You may need to get a DNS name to point at your public IP address in order for your

scenario to work.</li>

<li>Ensure your firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP port 80 connections.</li>

(as required by OpenID relying parties trying to log into your server), testing

with external relying parties requires you to use IIS to host your server.</li>

</ul>

requests to you on, if applicable.</li>

<li>Enable anonymous access to each site.</li>

</ul>

<ol>

<li>Right-click on one of the web projects within Solution Explorer.</li>

<li>Select Property Pages.</li>