OpenID/Oauth hybrid [was Re: specs Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3]

Allen Tom atom at yahoo-inc.com
Wed Nov 19 02:26:48 UTC 2008


Manger, James H wrote:
> Ideally, an app would attempt to access a protected resource at an SP and get:
> * A 401 Unauthenticated response from the SP; with
> * A “WWW-Authenticate: OAuth” header; with
> * A parameter providing the authorization URL; and
> * Another parameter with the OP URL (when OpenID/OAuth hybrid was supported).
>   

One  problem with this approach is that many SPs like Yahoo and MySpace 
will require developers to register their site to get a Consumer Key. 
Given that the developer already has to manually get a CK, there might 
not that much value in defining a workflow for Consumers to discover the 
OAuth endpoints.

Allen






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