Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-16 Thread Chuck Mortimore
On 4/16/10 5:03 PM, "Brian Eaton" wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Chuck Mortimore wrote: > Could you please take another glance at what I posted? There are a number > of changes to the general assertion flow that are required for it to reflect > how this will be used in a lot of scena

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Eaton
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Chuck Mortimore wrote: > Could you please take another glance at what I posted?   There are a number > of changes to the general assertion flow that are required for it to reflect > how this will be used in a lot of scenarios. > (A) The client sends an access t

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-16 Thread =JeffH
> In terms of format, it suggests: > > format >REQUIRED. The format of the assertion as defined by the authorization >server. The format MUST be a URI which designates a profile of the >assertion flow. > > I personally think this is all that is required. It would be nice if these >

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-15 Thread Chuck Mortimore
Not at all...the submission is largely focused on the generic assertion flow. It simply adds additional detail to the current text, and clarifies/corrects some of the expected usage patterns. There is a SAML profiling of the flow at the end of the submission, but it's a small percentage of wh

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-15 Thread Eran Hammer-Lahav
If I recall correctly, it doesn't define the format parameter, just gives one fixed value for the SAML flow. Either way, I am suggesting we keep the SAML flow out of the spec, keeping just the general assertion flow, with better format definition. EHL On 4/15/10 11:55 AM, "Chuck Mortimore" w

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-15 Thread Chuck Mortimore
+1. Did anyone have a chance to review the proposal I made here?I have a couple of people from the SAML community reviewing it offline, but would welcome feedback from this group. The sample text is attached to this post: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg01735.html O

[OAUTH-WG] Issue: specificity of the assertion flow

2010-04-15 Thread Eran Hammer-Lahav
The assertion flow included in the specification doesn't offer enough to provide interop. Previous discussions ruled out the idea of offering a single SAML 2.0 based flow. Proposal: Leave the flow as a generic assertion flow, using SAML 2.0 as an example, and defining the syntax/values of the form