If beta for you guys means "still in testing, not suitable for
production use", then why depreciate key features from basic auth like
source registration before you have a production ready release?

On Apr 22, 3:27 pm, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://blog.twitter.com/2009/04/whats-deal-with-oauth.html
>
> In short: there's a security issue with OAuth, and the major OAuth
> providers are working together to patch the vulnerability before
> information about the issue is publicly released. That information
> will be available athttp://oauth.net/at midnight, PST.
>
> In cooperation with this consortium of other OAuth providers
> (including Yahoo!, Google, Netflix, etc.), we agreed not to disclose
> the nature of the vulnerability, nor even that a vulnerability
> existed, until all members of the group agreed to do so. I apologize
> for what must have seemed unnecessarily tight-lipped communication
> around this issue, but please understand that we and the other
> companies involved are trying to mitigate the impact of this
> vulnerability as much as possible.
>
> Please also note that our OAuth support is in beta, albeit public
> beta. We have not suggested to developers that they rely solely on
> OAuth until our support of the standard leaves beta. I know that some
> companies practice a policy of "perpetual beta", but at Twitter, we do
> not. For us, "beta" really means "still in testing, not suitable for
> production use".
>
> Thanks for your patience and understanding.
>
> --
> Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x

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