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

Re: Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-25 Thread Johnny Bufu
Josh, On 24-May-07, at 4:19 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: Please review the additions. If you'd like to see the specific changes, you can look at the diffs in revision control[3]. Looks good to me. One minor issue about the wording - we have now two return URL verifications: one done by the OP and a

Re: Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-25 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 24-May-07, at 5:54 PM, Recordon, David wrote: I guess since we're unable to fully resolve this issue from a technical perspective, and no I don't have a better technical solution, I'm wondering if this should actually be an extension to the core protocol versus seeming like a

Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-24 Thread Josh Hoyt
Hello, I've added a section to the specification[1] about performing verification on the realm to avoid realm spoofing. In short, realm spoofing is the problem of exploiting a bug on a site that a user would trust to trick them into sending their information to a site that they would not trust.

RE: Realm spoofing spec patch

2007-05-24 Thread Recordon, David
it. In some senses I see this as a larger problem around trust of Relying Parties. --David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Hoyt Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:19 PM To: OpenID specs list Subject: Realm spoofing spec patch Hello, I've