On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Marius Scurtescu <mscurte...@google.com>wrote:

> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Evan Gilbert <uid...@google.com> wrote:
> > I'd like to get a standard for redirect URI matching, but think this may
> not
> > be feasible - we are leaving the callback URI registration mechanism
> > undefined and I've heard a number of different mechanisms that companies
> > want to support.
> > I think we should leave the matching undefined, possibly with a SHOULD
> for
> > the most common matching mechanism (URL prefix?)
> >
> > I'm not hugely worried about incompatibilities between different AS on
> this
> > front:
> > 1. Clients will push us strongly towards compatible implementations.
> > 2. Clients can always set up a redirector if needed for a specific AS (as
> an
> > aside - we need a document detailing how to build a redirector properly
> > without becoming an open redirector).
>
> Isn't this saying that clients can always implement strict matching
> and live with that? Why not require it then?
>

No, don't think so.

Clients will use redirect behavior that works with their current provider,
and deal with strict matching when/if it comes up.

I'm pretty sure that norms will evolve, but also pretty sure that we won't
agree right now.


>
> Marius
>
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