RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-05 Thread =drummond.reed
c: 'OpenID specs list' Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling I think you are making an invalid analogy. What prevents you from setting up a "private key reset" function the same way you set up a "password reset" function, using an alternate credential?

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-05 Thread Johannes Ernst
verification, I think :-) > > Having said that, I do agree that we should be completing 2.0 cycle > quickly and making it SIMPLE! > > Nat > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Johannes Ernst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:45 PM &

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-05 Thread =nat
-Original Message- > From: Johannes Ernst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:45 PM > To: =nat > Cc: 'OpenID specs list' > Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling > > I would postulate that if you want to be able to pro

RE: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Recordon, David
e "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling) On 5-Jun-07, at 11:58 AM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > The relying parties SHOULD make the fragment available to software > agents, at least, so that it's possible to compare identifiers across > sites. If the fragment

Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 5-Jun-07, at 11:58 AM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > The relying parties SHOULD make the fragment available to software > agents, at least, so that it's possible to compare identifiers across > sites. If the fragment is never available, then there is confusion > about which user of an identifier is respons

RE: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Recordon, David
specs list Subject: Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling) On 6/5/07, Johnny Bufu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The fragment is not secret. It is not "protecting" your OpenID. You > > should be able to get the fragment fro

Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Josh Hoyt
On 6/5/07, Johnny Bufu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The fragment is not secret. It is not "protecting" your OpenID. You > > should be able to get the fragment from any relying party that you > > visited. > > I believe David's point is that you cannot retrieve the fragment from > the RP if you hav

Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 5-Jun-07, at 11:12 AM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > On 6/5/07, Recordon, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Imagine if I install WordPress (or insert other app here) on >> https://davidrecordon.com and check the "Use fragments to protect my >> OpenID" box. A few months later I decide to remove WordPre

Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Josh Hoyt
On 6/5/07, Recordon, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Imagine if I install WordPress (or insert other app here) on > https://davidrecordon.com and check the "Use fragments to protect my > OpenID" box. A few months later I decide to remove WordPress, or an > upgrade blows away my OpenID extension

Re: The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 5-Jun-07, at 8:00 AM, Recordon, David wrote: > I think the largest concern I have with fragments, or really any > pair-wise shared secret which can't be renegotiated, is that while it > solves issues for the large service providers it actually inhibits > OpenID within the grassroots community.

The "WordPress" User Problem (WAS: RE: Specifying identifier recycling)

2007-06-05 Thread Recordon, David
n issues. I think my preference is #3, though I'm sure it has its own issues. --David -Original Message- From: Johnny Bufu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 6:35 PM To: Recordon, David Cc: Johannes Ernst; OpenID specs list Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recyc

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-04 Thread Johannes Ernst
ty secret :-p > > =nat > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Hardt >> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 8:24 PM >> To: Johannes Ernst >> Cc: OpenID specs list >> Subject: Re: Specifying iden

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-04 Thread Dick Hardt
On 4-Jun-07, at 7:51 AM, Granqvist, Hans wrote: >> So I ask again - does anyone see any issues with the >> fragments being used like this: >> >> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2007-May/001767.html >> > > Seems reasonable in essence. But it adds complexity and > removes some immediacy of

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-04 Thread Granqvist, Hans
> So I ask again - does anyone see any issues with the > fragments being used like this: > > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2007-May/001767.html > Seems reasonable in essence. But it adds complexity and removes some immediacy of URL identifiers-as-is. Do fragments need special handl

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread =nat
Hi. My comments in-line below: On Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:40 AM, Johannes Ernst wrote: > > On May 31, 2007, at 18:41, Nat Sakimura wrote: > > > Public key idea is somewhat attractive to me, but there are some > > issues that comes up in my mind as well. > > Bring them on ;-) > > > 1) St

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread =nat
PM > To: Johannes Ernst > Cc: OpenID specs list > Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling > > There is a huge difference between the OP/RP shared secret > and using a shared secret as an identifier. > > The secret between the OP and RP has a mechanism for it to be &

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Drummond Reed
>> Johnny Bufu wrote: >> >> We did look at this (with Drummond) in December. The bottom line is >> that it can't be done easily - a mechanism similar to XRI's canonical >> ID verification would have to be employed, to confirm that the i- >> number actually 'belongs' to the URL on which disco

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 3-Jun-07, at 1:46 AM, Recordon, David wrote: > I thought at IIW we agreed that if we could come to quick consensus > on a > way to resolve the problem it would be a part of 2.0, otherwise it > would > not... Agreed, nobody wants to delay 2.0 indefinitely if we can't agree on how to solv

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Dick Hardt
On 3-Jun-07, at 10:46 AM, Recordon, David wrote: > I thought at IIW we agreed that if we could come to quick consensus > on a > way to resolve the problem it would be a part of 2.0, otherwise it > would > not... That is what we agreed to in Josh's meeting. Then we had a meeting the next da

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Dick Hardt
>> >> =Drummond >> >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >> Of Johannes Ernst >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:54 PM >> To: OpenID specs list >> Subject: Re: Specifying identifier

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Dick Hardt
A little late to the conversation, but some comments inserted as I did not see them all in any other aspect of this thread ... On 30-May-07, at 10:28 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > Hello, > > I started writing up the use of fragment identifiers for URL-recycling > for the OpenID 2.0 authentication spec

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Dick Hardt
On 3-Jun-07, at 2:14 AM, Recordon, David wrote: >> Overall, I'm not sure we are ready in this community to pick one >> alternative over another as "the standards". I have my views, >> (many) others have (many) others -- and I don't think that any >> of this has to be in an Authentication 1.x (x>1

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-03 Thread Recordon, David
PM To: Recordon, David Cc: Johannes Ernst; OpenID specs list Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling On 2-Jun-07, at 5:14 PM, Recordon, David wrote: > I'd like to see this written as an > extension so that if the first approach doesn't work, the Auth spec > itself doesn

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-02 Thread Johannes Ernst
I wasn't in that session (as far as I recall ;-)) so I don't know either what was agreed on, or who agreed, or for what reasons ... the thread so far does not look like it was a very stable agreement ;-) On Jun 2, 2007, at 22:11, Johnny Bufu wrote: > > On 2-Jun-07, at 5:14 PM, Recordon, Dav

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-02 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 2-Jun-07, at 5:14 PM, Recordon, David wrote: > I'd like to see this written as an > extension so that if the first approach doesn't work, the Auth spec > itself doesn't have to be "reverted. Rather we can finish 2.0 and try > implementing different approaches before deciding on the final way t

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-02 Thread Recordon, David
s). --David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Ernst Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:30 PM To: OpenID specs list Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling If we cannot assume that nobody manages to obtain a secret they should no

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-02 Thread Recordon, David
Would have to agree with what Johannes has said. :) --David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Ernst Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:53 PM To: Josh Hoyt Cc: OpenID specs list Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling On May 30

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-02 Thread Claus Färber
Nat Sakimura schrieb: > 1) Storing many users' private key on the server in decryptable format is > not very safe. > > In your proposal, it looks like that OP is going to hold the private key for > each user in decryptable format. Considering that most large scale privacy > leakage happens at the

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-01 Thread Recordon, David
To: Nat Sakimura Cc: 'OpenID specs list' Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling On May 31, 2007, at 18:41, Nat Sakimura wrote: > Public key idea is somewhat attractive to me, but there are some > issues that > comes up in my mind as well. Bring them on ;-) >

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-01 Thread Johannes Ernst
uirement for OpenID usage ...) Personally I would feel we didn't think hard enough on this particular problem if the solution to this problem required us to use centralization of some kind. > > =nat > > > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-06-01 Thread Martin Atkins
Johnny Bufu wrote: > > We did look at this (with Drummond) in December. The bottom line is > that it can't be done easily - a mechanism similar to XRI's canonical > ID verification would have to be employed, to confirm that the i- > number actually 'belongs' to the URL on which discovery was

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-31 Thread Nat Sakimura
D] On Behalf Of Johannes Ernst > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:30 PM > To: OpenID specs list > Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling > > If we cannot assume that nobody manages to obtain a secret they > should not have gotten in the first place, then OpenID as it stand

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johannes Ernst
eing > revoked. > > =Drummond > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Johannes Ernst > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:54 PM > To: OpenID specs list > Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling >

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Drummond Reed
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Ernst Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:54 PM To: OpenID specs list Subject: Re: Specifying identifier recycling On May 30, 2007, at 21:02, Johnny Bufu wrote: > ...The bottom line is > that it can't be done easily - a mechanism

RE: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Drummond Reed
>>> John Panzer wrote: >>> >>> Has there been a discussion about an extension to map to/from i- >>> numbers >>> via AX? If there were a generic attribute you could stuff an i- >>> number >>> or a hash of an internal ID in there to help solve the disambiguation >>> problem. Alternatively it'd b

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johannes Ernst
On May 30, 2007, at 21:02, Johnny Bufu wrote: ...The bottom line is that it can't be done easily - a mechanism similar to XRI's canonical ID verification would have to be employed, to confirm that the i- number actually 'belongs' to the URL on which discovery was initiated. (Otherwise anyone co

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johnny Bufu
Josh, On 30-May-07, at 1:28 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > Providers can also provide a redirect from the general form of the > identifier to the current version of the identifier so that users do > not need to remember or type the uniquified version. This is pretty > much equivalent to the fragment sche

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 30-May-07, at 1:28 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: > How should the discovery process work? > How should fragments work with delegation (both as the claimed > identifier and the provider-local identifier)? Here's how I see the fragments approach working: a) Discovery: strip the fragment from the user-s

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 30-May-07, at 6:21 PM, Martin Atkins wrote: > John Panzer wrote: >> >> Has there been a discussion about an extension to map to/from i- >> numbers >> via AX? If there were a generic attribute you could stuff an i- >> number >> or a hash of an internal ID in there to help solve the disambigu

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Martin Atkins
John Panzer wrote: > > Has there been a discussion about an extension to map to/from i-numbers > via AX? If there were a generic attribute you could stuff an i-number > or a hash of an internal ID in there to help solve the disambiguation > problem. Alternatively it'd be nice to have a way to

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread John Panzer
At some point, the weak link will be humans trying to disambiguate http://joe.example.org/ from http://joe.example.org/2 (or http://joe.example.org/#2). I don't think there's a big difference between the two in that context, and I don't think that OID2 needs to solve this more deeply than allo

Re: Specifying identifier recycling

2007-05-30 Thread Johannes Ernst
On May 30, 2007, at 13:28, Josh Hoyt wrote: After thinking this over for a while, I'm no longer convinced that using URI fragments as the uniquifying value is the right approach. I agree with you. Our reasons may differ slightly, but the result is the same. I have no problem in not solving