[OpenID] Mistake in 2.0 spec?

David Recordon drecordon at sixapart.com
Thu Aug 28 18:34:46 UTC 2008


Good call, I've fixed this in the SVN trunk so it will get wrapped  
into whatever the next spec version ends up being.
http://svn.openid.net/diff.php?repname=specifications&path=%2Fauthentication%2F2.0%2Ftrunk%2Fopenid-authentication.xml&rev=397&sc=0

Thanks,
--David

On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Andrew Arnott wrote:

> Under http://openid.net/specs/openid-authentication-2_0.html#negative_assertions
> 14.2.1.  Relying Parties
>
> When responding with a negative assertion to a "checkid_immediate"  
> mode authentication request, the "user_setup_url" parameter MUST be  
> returned. This is a URL that the end user may visit to complete the  
> request. The OP MAY redirect the end user to this URL, or provide  
> the end user with a link that points to this URL.
>
> Shouldn't this say "The RP MAY redirect the end user..." ???
>
> Surely the OP shouldn't ever redirect an immediate request to a  
> checkid_setup request without RP intervention?!
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