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From: Dick Hardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:26 AM
To: Drummond Reed
Cc: 'Recordon, David'; 'Martin Atkins'; specs@openid.net
Subject: Re: XRI confusion
That provides clarity on the process, thanks. If the user know
Dick Hardt wrote:
>
> Bob has the i-name =foo. Alice has =foo reassigned to her. Bob does
> not know this. Bob goes to an RP, enters =foo and gets sent somewhere
> he cannot authenticate since =foo resolves somewhere else.
>
> Bob does not know what to do. =foo does not resolve to his i-numbe
t which
> they had
> previously used any i-name synonym for that i-number.
>
> =Drummond
>
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> Of Recordon, David
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:09 AM
> To: Dick Hardt; Martin At
me synonym for that i-number.
=Drummond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Recordon, David
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:09 AM
To: Dick Hardt; Martin Atkins
Cc: specs@openid.net
Subject: RE: XRI confusion
How would Alice buy =foo when B
How would Alice buy =foo when Bob already owns it?
--David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Dick Hardt
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:58 AM
To: Martin Atkins
Cc: specs@openid.net
Subject: Re: XRI confusion
On 19-Oct-06, at 12:44 AM
On 19-Oct-06, at 12:44 AM, Martin Atkins wrote:
> Dick Hardt wrote:
>>
>> How would a user ever learn what their CanonicalID is?
>
> The user doesn't need to know his i-number. The system discovers that
> for him.
>
>> If there Portable Identifier (i-name) is reassigned, then they will
>> be sent
Dick Hardt wrote:
>
> How would a user ever learn what their CanonicalID is?
The user doesn't need to know his i-number. The system discovers that
for him.
> If there Portable Identifier (i-name) is reassigned, then they will
> be sent to an IdP for the new Canonical ID is, expecting credenti
Hey Drummond
In reviewing:
http://www.lifewiki.net/openid/ConsolidatedDelegationProposal
...
Summary of Motivations
4. Enable RPs to take advantage of XRI CanonicalDs to protect End-
Users from ever having their Portable Identifier reassigned (and thus
their identity taken over).
