I would like to change the entire Service Provider and Consumer terms. Just use Server, Client, and User-Agent...
Yes, Consumer Key is AWEFUL! I think we can change it. The migration path is going to be trivial (accept both for a while). EHL On 3/2/09 5:37 PM, "Brian Eaton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ah, I totally forgot about the whole "consumer key" nomenclature. > > It would make me incredibly happy if OAuth talked about "consumer > name" and "consumer secret", because crypto geeks and others tend to > think that "keys" are secrets. The OAuth consumer key is not secret, > thus leading to confusion. > > Given that oauth_consumer_key is baked into the protocol, this might > be a lost cause. > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Manger, James H > <[email protected]> wrote: >> OAuth¹s use of ³Consumer Developer² versus ³Consumer² can be confusing. >> >> >> >> It can sound like the OAuth spec is trying to distinguish: the software >> developer who wrote a web app; from a web site where the web app is >> deployed. A software developer can write lots of web apps. A web app can be >> installed on lots of independent web sites. I don¹t think this is the >> intention. The desired difference is between a human (³Application Owner²) >> who can complete a registration process, and a computer program >> (³Application²) that is configured with keys and secrets. >> >> >> >> It might be clearer to avoid the ³Consumer Developer² term perhaps saying >> that a Key and Secret must be obtained for a Consumer from the Service >> Provider. >> >> >> >> James Manger >> [email protected] >> Identity and security team < Chief Technology Office < Telstra >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
