On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Torsten Lodderstedt
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 12.01.2011 22:19, schrieb Richer, Justin P.:
>>
>> Yes, let the server do the work. In practice, it's going to be looking up
>> the token based on the token value anyway (for bearer tokens, at least). All
>> the client really cares about is asking to "revoke this token that I am
>> sending you". If the client credentials and token are correct and
>> verifiable, then the revoke should go through.
>
> What do others think?

I agree with Justin's suggestion, let the server figure the token
type. The server should be able to do that anyhow.


>> A client wanting to revoke both a request token and an access token will
>> have to make several calls to this, unless you want to put in a way to put
>> multiple token values in. I don't recommend that though, as it seems to me
>> an optimization for a problem nobody has yet.
>
> the token_type does not control whether the server deletes all access tokens
> associated with a refresh token.
>
> This depends on the authorization servers policy.

There are cases when the server cannot revoke the access tokens
associated with a refresh token (static access tokens for example).
That being said, I think the server SHOULD revoke all access tokens if
possible.


Marius
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