[OpenID] Calling OpenID 2.0 editors (was RE:Problems withOpenID and TAG httpRange-14)

[Noah Slater]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:23:04PM -0700, Brendan Taylor wrote:
> > > If I claim <http://bytesexual.org/> as my OpenID
> > > and this 303s to some place else it is pretty clear what my
> > > "claimed id" is,
> >
> > Yes - the URL after all redirects, unless you use a different
> > definition for claimed_id.
>
> Yes — according to the OpenID spec, which should probably be changed.
>
> Using a 303 redirect means that you don't want URI-2 to be substituted
> for URI-1.

+1

The same applies for 302 and 307 redirects. In both instances the HTTP RFC
clearly states that the new URI is not a substitute for the original.

Because of this the OpenID specification needs to be fixed.

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Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/>