Re: [OAUTH-WG] Thinking about our secrets for signatures

2010-03-25 Thread Eran Hammer-Lahav
I agree. Authorization servers should issue credentials (tokens) with clear semantics. If a token is to be used with a signature, its properties should reflect it. If a server doesn't require signatures, why waste storage and bandwidth with secrets. EHL > -Original Message- > From: oa

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Thinking about our secrets for signatures

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Eaton
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Ethan Jewett wrote: > Possibly this is a silly question, but why not #2 and have the bearer > token method (over SSL of course) include the token secret? The > provider would always issue a token and a token secret. If the client > is not interested in signing meth

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Thinking about our secrets for signatures

2010-03-25 Thread Ethan Jewett
Possibly this is a silly question, but why not #2 and have the bearer token method (over SSL of course) include the token secret? The provider would always issue a token and a token secret. If the client is not interested in signing methods, it can discard the token and keep the token secret. This

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread Allen Tom
A single client could generate multiple requests simultaneously, and have them show up out of order. Allen On 3/24/10 10:06 PM, "Brian Eaton" wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Luke Shepard wrote: >> This is probably a stupid question, but why do we need accurate timestamps? >> Why is i

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread Subbu Allamaraju
On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Brian Eaton wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Subbu Allamaraju wrote: >> Just curious - why can't the client check the Date header? > > Yes, that works, but lots of clients don't realize it is possible. In other words, this is part of HTTP, and should not h

Re: [OAUTH-WG] OAuth 2.0: client_secret, state

2010-03-25 Thread Marius Scurtescu
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:52 PM, David Recordon wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Manger, James H > wrote: >> 2. STATE >> OAuth has various parameter that are used to carry state for another party >> in a message, which is helpful for building scalable systems. OAuth should >> avoid dup

Re: [OAUTH-WG] new co-chair

2010-03-25 Thread Eve Maler
Thanks -- and best wishes in their new/old/continuing roles -- to all of Peter, Hannes, and Blaine! Eve On 25 Mar 2010, at 11:03 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > > As you know, I have been named co-director of the Applications Area and > therefore cannot continue serving as co-chair o

[OAUTH-WG] new co-chair

2010-03-25 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
As you know, I have been named co-director of the Applications Area and therefore cannot continue serving as co-chair of the OAuth WG. Lisa Dusseault (outgoing AD) and I (incoming AD) decided that the best way to ensure continuity would be to promote Hannes Tschofenig from technical advisor to co

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread Dick Hardt
On 2010-03-25, at 9:55 AM, Brian Eaton wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Subbu Allamaraju wrote: >> Just curious - why can't the client check the Date header? > > Yes, that works, but lots of clients don't realize it is possible. Do all clients have access to it? _

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Eaton
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Subbu Allamaraju wrote: > Just curious - why can't the client check the Date header? Yes, that works, but lots of clients don't realize it is possible. ___ OAuth mailing list OAuth@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/l

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread John Kemp
On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:09 AM, Subbu Allamaraju wrote: > Just curious - why can't the client check the Date header? It can. Once it got a failed response from the first call. Regards, - johnk > > Subbu > > > On Mar 24, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Paul Lindner wrote: > >> Right now if a client with an

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Next Steps

2010-03-25 Thread Subbu Allamaraju
Just curious - why can't the client check the Date header? Subbu On Mar 24, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Paul Lindner wrote: Right now if a client with an inaccurate clock makes an OAuth call they are rejected. OAuth Problem Reporting includes a mechanism to send the server's concept of 'now' to t