I have no objection to closing this issue. I would look at one small change which is not core -
Current Text: These aspects are generally managed within a relationship known as a 'federation'. Suggestions: I think that the work 'generally' should be removed. For the purposes of this document they will be managed in a federation. If they are not managed in that way they are out of scope of this document. Either that or the start of the next sentence should be "When done in this manner, this style of..." Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Leif Johansson > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [abfab] #10: Defintion of federation > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/11/2011 01:13 AM, abfab issue tracker wrote: > > #10: Defintion of federation > > > > version -00 > > > > Intro para #3 > > > > - I want to make sure that your definition of federation is one that > > you want to make. Specifically it would appear that there can be > > federations even within a single entity in the event that actor > > providing the identity information is not the same as the RP. > > Would you consider a single Kerberos or Windows enterprise to be a > > federation. In these cases the IdP being the login service and the RP > > being somebody granting access to a resource (in windows possibly by > > an RPC). I generally think of federation as being between two > > different entities rather than within a single entity but using > > multiple servers. > > > > (Speaking as an individual) > > I don't think this is a useful distinction. In terms of "deployment count" the > internal federation is very common. In a large enterprise internal federations > are often the result of M&A and then the amount and complexity of policy > isn't even that different from a federation between separate parties. > > I'd personally close this issue wo change to the text. > > Cheers Leif > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7nNHEACgkQ8Jx8FtbMZncmRwCfXvAL53r+E0VtlDc9NOFTBP > 7b > cNAAoIUAzJ7vUHMNdAT7c8wgC073ZOBe > =crHn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > abfab mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/abfab _______________________________________________ abfab mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/abfab
