Re: attribute exchange value encoding

2007-05-29 Thread Claus Färber
Johnny Bufu schrieb: I believe the HTTP encoding [1] in the OpenID spec will take care of this part, i.e. before putting the OpenID + AX message on the wire, the OpenID layer has to HTTP-encode it. Maybe Base 64 Encoding with URL and Filename Safe Alphabet (RFC 3548, section 4) should be

Re: attribute exchange value encoding

2007-05-29 Thread Claus Färber
Johnny Bufu schrieb: The attribute metadata can be used to define attribute-specific encodings, which should deal with issues like this. Ah, so the _usual_ way is that the metadata (Can this be renamed to datatype definition? metadata is very misleading.) defines the encoding. For binary

RE: attribute exchange value encoding

2007-05-29 Thread Guoping Liu
I agree with Claus. We may not need a base64 type. Guoping -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Färber Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:33 AM To: specs@openid.net Subject: Re: attribute exchange value encoding Johnny Bufu schrieb: The

Re: Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-29 Thread Josh Hoyt
Allen, On 5/29/07, Allen Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From an implementation perspective, it might make sense for the OP to verify the RP during the association request, so that the association handle is only returned after the RP has been verified. Were you concerned about implementation

Re: Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-29 Thread Allen Tom
Hi Josh, Having the OP verify the realm/return_to as part of the Authentication Request is fine. OPs should cache the verifcation status to reduce latency for RPs that send many users to the OP. At least from my perspective, it always seemed odd that the Association Request is just an interface

Enterprise Concerns

2007-05-29 Thread McGovern, James F \(HTSC, IT\)
Been silently observing many of the email exchanges over the last couple of weeks and from an end-customer perspective I am somewhat concerned. Some of the general themes I have observed are: 1. Too much focus on breaking compatibility with OpenID 1.1. While you have had some success, now is

Re: Re-defining the Key-Value format

2007-05-29 Thread Johnny Bufu
Hi Claus, On 28-May-07, at 3:58 PM, Claus Färber wrote: Johnny Bufu schrieb: Encoded for AX using Key-Value Form Encoding (OID 2, 4.1.1.) openid.ax.foo.uri:http://example.com/foo/100%2525pure AX has nothing to do directly with key-value encoding. I see no reference to percent-encoding

Re: Enterprise Concerns

2007-05-29 Thread Johannes Ernst
Amen. Great list. I would add one more: let's focus single-mindedly on things that we actually know are demanded by the market without which adoption does not occur, instead of growing the amount of technology that needs to be implemented into places where ROI (for implementors, deployers,