First, if you are not yet subscribed to the IETF OAuth list ([email protected]) 
you should go and subscribe now:

https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth

This will be *my* last attempt to get people on this list involved in the IETF 
effort or to update here on what is going on. The IETF working group is where 
new versions of the protocol are discussed, and if this is something you care 
about and want to stay connected to, it is where you need to be. I am well 
aware that the IETF WG has been mostly inactive since it was created. I am 
personally done waiting and will begin to push out drafts and changes based on 
whatever consensus is available, even if it is based on a handful of 
individuals.

As always, showing up is 80% of the work.

The current drafts are:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-authentication
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-web-delegation

I plan to publish new revisions of the above drafts to include:

* Error codes and optional debug information
* Cleanup of the authentication extensibility model
* Change the version / protocol extensibility model

In addition to general feedback about the drafts, I am looking for specific 
feedback on the following items which I plan to address in the next drafts:

* Drop core support for the RSA-SHA1 method
* Replace HMAC-SHA1 with HMAC-SHA256
* Define the authentication parameters as method-specific (for example, drop 
nonce and timestamp from PLAINTEXT)
* The proposed Problem Reporting extension [1], its richness and complexity
* Making the HMAC signature method required for all server implementations
* Changing the delegation flow to require HTTP POST instead of recommending it
* Mandating server support for all three parameter transmission methods
* Adding a token revocation endpoint
* Adding the ability for servers to declare their configuration (methods, etc.) 
in the WWW-Authenticate header response
* The value of the client credentials (Consumer Key) and feedback from actual 
implementation experience

In order for your feedback to be included or considered for the next revisions 
it must be received by 10/2 on the [email protected] list. Please do not provide 
feedback on this list because it will be ignored.

EHL

[1] http://wiki.oauth.net/ProblemReporting

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