IdP's Advertising Both http and https

Rowan Kerr rowan at standardinteractive.com
Thu Nov 9 15:45:23 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 00:42 -0800, Dick Hardt wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Recordon, David
> >
> > But the security warnings will still exist:
> >  - RP redirects me to http on IdP
> >  - IdP redirects me to https on IdP for login page (warning)
> 
> no warning on GET redirects

If GET is going to be an acceptable method for responses, the spec
should be updated. Section 5.2.1. HTTP Redirect states:

	This method is deprecated as of OpenID Authentication version 
	2.0 though is still required for implementation to aide in 
	backwards compatibility.

Yes/no?

-Rowan






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