No, MAC as I'm using it is a MAC token
per http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-02
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From: Sergey Beryozkin <[email protected]>
To: William Mills <[email protected]>
Cc: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Few questions about HOTK
On 21/12/12 05:30, William Mills wrote:
> MAC and HOTK describe different properties of a token, and could both be
> used in the same token. MAC specifies a basic format for a signed token
> payload and transaction. HOTK defines part of a token payload. HOTK
> payload can be carried in a MAC token.
Speaking of MAC, are you referring to
"mac" parameter within MAC Authorization payload representing a HOTK
property ?
Cheers, Sergey
>
> -bill
>
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> *From:* Sergey Beryozkin <[email protected]>
> *To:* "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:49 PM
> *Subject:* [OAUTH-WG] Few questions about HOTK
>
> Hi Hannes, others,
>
> I'd like to understand what is the difference between HOTK Symmetric [1]
> and MAC [2].
>
> I'm reading about HOTK Symmetric and JWS profile and it seems like HOTK
> Symmetric text can support MAC.
>
> My main question at the moment: does HOTK (Symmetric) offer an
> alternative to MAC or is HOTK actually a higher-level token scheme which
> can support different types of tokens ?
>
> thanks, Sergey
>
> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-tschofenig-oauth-hotk-01
> [2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-02
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