On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 7:28 PM Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> The current specs say that channel binding is a mandatory requirement.
> However this excludes web clients from using the mechanisms, even
> though they would be one of the key client groups to benefit from
> being able to exchange passwords for tokens. Meanwhile, I believe that
> the security gained by channel binding in XMPP is minimal, at best.
>
> Does anyone have objections to proceeding with the definition of one
> or more HT-*-NONE mechanisms for token authentication?
>
>
FWIW I think channel binding has some interesting security properties -
especially once we have device specif tokens that can be stored relatively
securely one a device.

But I agree that it should be optional; I already said this in the ISR
thread: There are plenty of scenarios where channel binding is not an
option.

cheers
Daniel
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