OpenID homesite authorization spoofed

Josh Hoyt josh at janrain.com
Mon Oct 23 21:27:56 UTC 2006


On 10/23/06, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) <eddy_nigg at startcom.org> wrote:
>  Yes, it is most likely, that in fact this wasn't the case. Perhaps with a
> little but more investment - and the fact, that myopenid.com operates in
> http mode (i.e. unsecured) - we could have put the missing piece together in
> order to allow it.

Also note that the presentation of user credentials to MyOpenID.com
*does* happen over SSL and that once a user has signed in to their
MyOpenID.com account, all communication with that user (e.g.
presentation of authentication requests) happens over SSL.

Josh



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