Non-interactive logins

[Anders Feder]

tir, 15 07 2008 kl. 21:28 -0700, skrev John Panzer:
> And of course any number of extensions could be created to obtain an
> access token via an alternate path, after which normal OAuth can be
> used.

Sure, but isn't this equally true for OpenID?

If that is the case, I would like to ask the list if anybody is
interested in working towards such an extension.

> 
> > Joseph Holsten pointed me to Appendix A of the OAuth specification for
> > an example. In step A.3, "The Consumer redirects Jane’s browser to the
> > Service Provider User Authorization URL to obtain Jane’s approval for
> > accessing her private photos."
> > 
> > Also, OAuth appears to be more about authorization (to access a remote
> > resource) than about authentication.
> > 
> > Is there any way to operate either OpenID or OAuth entirely
> > non-interactively?
> > 
> > tir, 15 07 2008 kl. 08:38 -0700, skrev Scott Kveton:
> >   
> > > Hi Anders,
> > > 
> > > You might want to check out OAuth ... it was developed for just such a
> > > situation.
> > > 
> > > - Scott
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Anders Feder <lists.anders at feder.dk> wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > There have been some discussion over the years about using OpenID for
> > > > non-interactive logins. Can someone kindly tell me what the status is of
> > > > this feature? In particular login from non-browser applications - is
> > > > this currently possible (e.g. using client certificate authentication)?
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > 
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> > > > Anders Feder <lists.anders at feder.dk>
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