[OpenID] Yahoo issue

[Johnny Bufu]

On 6-Feb-08, at 11:23 AM, Peter Williams wrote:

> out of interest, is Yahoo "compliant" for refusing to interwork  
> with an RP using communicating the assertion consumer URL as an ip  
> address, or a non public domain-name?

My opinion is that "compliance" does not apply to RP or OP policies  
and whitelists, which live at a higher level than the protocol.

Non-compliance would be when two parties are willing to interact but  
different interpretations and implementations of the protocol prevent  
it.


Johnny