[OIDFSC] Native application SSO Working Group

Paul Madsen paulmadsen at rogers.com
Wed Jul 17 20:56:12 UTC 2013


this reminds me of the IETF SCIM-reacronymizing exercise

the group was approved & chartered under the name 'Native SSO' . Those 
who understand what the intent of the work is all agree that the name is 
an accurate description of the work.

Tony didnt like the name as proposed in the charter - but it was 
approved nonetheless.

So why are we still arguing?

paul

ps. I wonder if the proposers of 'Backplane', or 'AB/Connect' ,both 
wonderfully descriptive, faced the same

On 7/17/13 3:07 PM, Mike Jones wrote:
>
> So you'd prefer that the work be called something closer to "Native 
> Application Authorization"?
>
> *From:*Anthony Nadalin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:50 AM
> *To:* Paul Madsen; Don Thibeau
> *Cc:* Mike Jones; John Bradley; specs at openid.net; John Ehrig
> *Subject:* RE: [OIDFSC] Native application SSO Working Group
>
> I would have been too young back in the 90s
>
> I don't like SSO in the name as this is basically this is just a way 
> to authorize an app to interact with one or more resource serves on 
> your behalf
>
> *From:*Paul Madsen [mailto:paulmadsen at rogers.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:39 AM
> *To:* Don Thibeau
> *Cc:* Anthony Nadalin; Mike Jones; John Bradley; specs at openid.net 
> <mailto:specs at openid.net>; John Ehrig
> *Subject:* Re: [OIDFSC] Native application SSO Working Group
>
> I am 99% confident that *our* beloved Tony was not part of the R&B 
> group from Oakland, briefly popular in the 90s.....
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony!_Toni!_Ton%C3%A9 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%21_Toni%21_Ton%C3%A9>!
>
> On 7/17/13 2:33 PM, Don Thibeau wrote:
>
>     Paul
>
>     I don't think "Tony Tony Tony"  is a good name for a working group :)
>
>     Don Thibeau
>
>     The OpenID Foundation <http://openid.net>
>
>     On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Paul Madsen wrote:
>
>         Tony Tony Tony, how I've missed our time together
>
>         The WG's mandate is to profile OIDC to enable an SSO model for
>         native mobile applications.
>
>         Can you suggest a better (concise & memorable) descriptor for
>         a mail list identifier?
>
>         paul
>
>         On 7/17/13 2:17 PM, Anthony Nadalin wrote:
>
>             That's a totally useless name
>
>             *From:*openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net
>             <mailto:openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net>
>             [mailto:openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net] *On Behalf
>             Of *Paul Madsen
>             *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:59 AM
>             *To:* Mike Jones
>             *Cc:* John Bradley; specs at openid.net
>             <mailto:specs at openid.net>; John Ehrig; Don Thibeau
>             *Subject:* Re: [OIDFSC] Native application SSO Working Group
>
>             that list name is fine
>
>             thanks
>
>             On 7/17/13 1:51 PM, Mike Jones wrote:
>
>                 John, are you able to create the new mailing list at
>                 lists.openid.net <http://lists.openid.net> or do we
>                 have to ask support at osuosl.org
>                 <mailto:support at osuosl.org> for the list creation?
>
>                 Paul and other WG creators, what name do you want the
>                 list to have?  openid-specs-native-sso?
>
>                 -- Mike
>
>                 *From:*Don Thibeau [mailto:don at oidf.org]
>                 *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5:03 AM
>                 *To:* Paul Madsen
>                 *Cc:* n-sakimura; John Ehrig;
>                 openid-specs at lists.openid.net
>                 <mailto:openid-specs at lists.openid.net>; John Bradley;
>                 Mike Jones
>                 *Subject:* Re: [OIDFSC] Native application SSO Working
>                 Group
>
>                 John Ehrig can set up the web site space and the
>                 online Docusign process for IPR collection.  If done
>                 right away it saves all concerned lots of time and hassle.
>
>                 Don Thibeau
>
>                 The OpenID Foundation <http://openid.net/>
>
>                 On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:59 AM, Paul Madsen wrote:
>
>
>
>
>                 Thanks Nat,
>
>                 Don, can you direct me to whomever I should work with
>                 on the WG list & page logistics?
>
>                 Paul
>
>                 On 7/16/13 6:08 AM, n-sakimura wrote:
>
>                     The WG formation is deemed to be approved per
>                     section 4.2 of the OpenID Process Document v.1.5
>                     of 2009.
>
>                     A new mailing list should be established promptly
>                     per section 4.3 of the above document. Also, a WG
>                     web pages should be set up at openid.net
>                     <http://openid.net/>. You should also ask the
>                     secretary of the foundation to announce the first
>                     meeting of the WG, in which scope approval and the
>                     chairs selection should be done.
>
>                     Note: the first meeting can only be done after the
>                     WG has collected the IPR agreement from the
>                     participants, so it may not be as quick as you may
>                     wish, but it has to be done. BTW, NRI's agreement
>                     is already in as we have a blanket agreement like
>                     Google.
>
>                     Nat
>
>                     (2013/07/15 14:56), Paul Madsen wrote:
>
>
>                     Next steps?
>
>                     -----------
>                     Paul Madsen
>                     Ping Identity
>
>                     Anthony Nadalin<tonynad at microsoft.com>
>                     <mailto:tonynad at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>                     I believe if you dig you will see that there is
>                     potential for IPR from both Apple and Facebook.
>
>                     -----Original Message-----
>                     From: openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net
>                     <mailto:openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net>
>                     [mailto:openid-specs-bounces at lists.openid.net] On
>                     Behalf Of n-sakimura
>                     Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 10:20 PM
>                     To: openid-specs at lists.openid.net
>                     <mailto:openid-specs at lists.openid.net>
>                     Subject: Re: [OIDFSC] Native application SSO
>                     Working Group
>
>                     Could you kindly spell it out?
>
>                      From what I have been hearing, Facebook was just
>                     using fast application switch, which is nothing
>                     more than Self-issued thing that we have, and
>                     iOS's native login support given to facebook,
>                     twitter, and Weibo.
>                     Perhaps you are thinking of something else.
>
>                     Of course, I could be complete wrong. I should
>                     probably read
>                     https://developers.facebook.com/docs/howtos/ios-6/
>                     and
>
>                     http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Social/Reference/Social_Framework/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012233
>
>
>                     as well.
>
>                     Having said that, if Apple's interface is not
>                     open, perhaps it is a task for an industry
>                     consortia like OpenID Foundation to go and ask
>                     Apple to open up the API for other IdPs as well.
>                     Do not know if they are going to listen, but
>                     still, it might be our duty to try.
>
>                     Nat
>
>                     (2013/07/04 7:30), Anthony Nadalin wrote:
>
>
>                     I also have a concern that we might be infringing
>                     on the Facebook SSO
>                     (iOS) IPR with this effort.
>
>
>
>
>                     -- 
>                     Nat Sakimura (n-sakimura at nri.co.jp
>                     <mailto:n-sakimura at nri.co.jp>)
>                     Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
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