Thanks Mike. 

Phil

> On Feb 11, 2016, at 22:07, Mike Jones <michael.jo...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> Draft -05 incorporates the feedback described below - deleting the request 
> parameter, noting that this spec isn't an encouragement to use OAuth 2.0 for 
> authentication without employing appropriate extensions, and no longer 
> requiring a specification for IANA registration.  I believe that it’s now 
> ready for working group adoption.
>  
>                                                           -- Mike
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OAuth [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Hannes Tschofenig
> Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 11:23 AM
> To: oauth@ietf.org
> Subject: [OAUTH-WG] Authentication Method Reference Values: Call for Adoption 
> Finalized
>  
> Hi all,
>  
> On January 19th I posted a call for adoption of the Authentication Method 
> Reference Values specification, see 
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15402.html
>  
> What surprised us is that this work is conceptually very simple: we define 
> new claims and create a registry with new values. Not a big deal but that's 
> not what the feedback from the Yokohama IETF meeting and the subsequent call 
> for adoption on the list shows. The feedback lead to mixed feelings and it is 
> a bit difficult for Derek and myself to judge consensus.
>  
> Let me tell you what we see from the comments on the list.
>  
> In his review at
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15423.html James Manger 
> asks for significant changes. Among other things, he wants to remove one of 
> the claims. He provides a detailed review and actionable items.
>  
> William Denniss believes the document is ready for adoption but agrees with 
> some of the comments from James. Here is his review:
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15426.html
>  
> Justin is certainly the reviewer with the strongest opinion. Here is one of 
> his posts:
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15457.html
>  
> Among all concerns Justin expressed the following one is actually actionable 
> IMHO: Justin is worried that reporting how a person authenticated to an 
> authorization endpoint and encouraging people to use OAuth for authentication 
> is a fine line. He believes that this document leads readers to believe the 
> latter.
>  
> John agrees with Justin in
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15448.html that we need 
> to make sure that people are not mislead about the intention of the document. 
> John also provides additional comments in this post to the
> list: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15441.html
> Most of them require more than just editing work. For example, methods listed 
> are really not useful,
>  
> Phil agrees with the document adoption but has some remarks about the 
> registry although he does not propose specific text. His review is here:
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg15462.html
>  
> With my co-chair hat on: I just wanted to clarify that registering claims 
> (and values within those claims) is within the scope of the OAuth working 
> group. We standardized the JWT in this group and we are also chartered to 
> standardize claims, as we are currently doing with various drafts. Not 
> standardizing JWT in the IETF would have lead to reduced interoperability and 
> less security. I have no doubts that was a wrong decision.
>  
> In its current form, there is not enough support to have this document as a 
> WG item.
>  
> We believe that the document authors should address some of the easier 
> comments and submit a new version. This would allow us to reach out to those 
> who had expressed concerns about the scope of the document to re-evaluate 
> their decision. A new draft version should at least address the following 
> issues:
>  
> * Clarify that this document is not an encouragement for using OAuth as an 
> authentication protocol. I believe that this would address some of the 
> concerns raised by Justin and John.
>  
> * Change the registry policy, which would address one of the comments from 
> James, William, and Phil.
>  
> Various other items require discussion since they are more difficult to 
> address. For example, John noted that he does not like the use of request 
> parameters. Unfortunately, no alternative is offered. I urge John to provide 
> an alternative proposal, if there is one. Also, the remark that the values 
> are meaningless could be countered with an alternative proposal. James wanted 
> to remove the "amr_values" parameter.
> Is this what others want as well?
>  
> After these items have been addressed we believe that more folks in the group 
> will support the document.
>  
> Ciao
> Hannes & Derek
>  
>  
>  
> _______________________________________________
> OAuth mailing list
> OAuth@ietf.org
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth
_______________________________________________
OAuth mailing list
OAuth@ietf.org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth

Reply via email to