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

[Noah Slater]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:54:50AM -0800, Peter Williams wrote:
> The absurdity is based on your conception that a higher layer protocol entity
> is duty bound to interpret the signals of a lower layer in a conforming
> manner. This is just not so. You are being perhaps far to religious about
> protocol stacks!

Well yes, this is a pretty fundamental principal of good engineering.

If you don't agree with this, I think any further discussion is futile.

> Openid is simply a (defined) non-conforming mode of HTTP. This fact alone is
> not an absurd state of affairs. Its quite common when profiling stacks of
> layer entities.

I realise this and I think it should change.

My comment was that my having to cite the HTTP RFC over and over was absurd.

That single sentence is enough to warrent a summary fix to the OpenID
specification without any further discussion, providing the following...

If the OpenID working group wants to formally declare OpenID to be
non-compatible with HTTP then that is fine, I will move on and find another
identity system. If on the other hand they wish to maintain compatibility with
the very protocols they have so deeply intertwind with thier technology then
things must be changed.

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