As an implementer, I have an app that accesses 10 different resources. Some are 
OAuth 1.0A, some are a variant of OAuth 2. All have a slightly different code 
path since each resource is its own beautiful snowflake. I did not use any 
libraries for OAuth 2. Supporting MAC would give me yet another library to 
integrate with.

I'd be interested in what signing problems OAuth 1.0A has. I have my own list 
of how writing to OAuth 1.0A is hard.

On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:53 AM, William Mills wrote:

> MAC fixes the signing problems encountered in OAuth 1.0a, yes there are 
> libraries out there for OAuth 1.0a.  MAC fits in to the OAuth 2 auth model 
> and will provide for a single codepath for sites that want to use both Bearer 
> and MAC.
> 
> From: Dick Hardt <[email protected]>
> To: William Mills <[email protected]> 
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:27 Aa
> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] mistake in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-01
> 
> 
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:52 AM, William Mills wrote:
> 
>> I find the idea of starting from scratch frustrating.  MAC solves a set of 
>> specific problems and has a well defined use case.  It's symmetric key based 
>> which doesn't work for some folks, and the question is do we try to develop 
>> something that supports both PK and SK, or finish the SK use case and then 
>> work on a PK based draft.
>> 
>> I think it's better to leave them separate and finish out MAC which is *VERY 
>> CLOSE* to being done.
> 
> Who is interested in MAC? People can use OAuth 1.0 if they prefer that model. 
> 
> For my projects, I prefer the flexibility of a signed or encrypted JWT if I 
> need holder of key.
> 
> Just my $.02
> 
> -- Dick  
> 
> 
> 

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