> > Now, I've had a quick look at how Seesmic Look does the authentication > process and I've got two questions: > > 1.) Will it be possible to run the xAuth authentication over a HTTP > proxy? It looks like it's possible at first glance. I've got a lot of > users from countries where Twitter is blocked and it would be crucial > for them to run through an "API proxy." >
i don't see why not, as long as the proxy can handle HTTPS connections... > 2.) Is SSL absolutely mandatory for retrieving the access token? The > reason for this question is that I've got quite a number of users > which cannot use SSL (due to misconfigured network operator HTTP > proxies.) Gravity is using SSL by default, but once it detects a > problem with using SSL, it will "fallback" to plain HTTP. unfortunately, as i see it now, xAuth will require SSL. > > Cheers & thanks for coming up with xAuth! :-) > Ole > > np :P -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
