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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Your articulating the case for unsolicited assertions, which the model specifically adopts. The tech standards just gives crappy advice and counsel on how to really achieve it, in an interoperable manner. This is probably because this case conflicts with other design goals, and it looks like folks decide to de-prioritize this feature in favor of what sp-initiated flow can bring. Such tradeoffs are fine: but you can always re-bias the game...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">_________________________<BR></SPAN><B>Peter Williams<BR></B></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> SitG Admin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 4/18/2008 7:25 PM<BR><B>To:</B> general@openid.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OpenID] Re: user-initiated login<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><PRE style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"> </PRE><PRE style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">It did not break the authentication process to
have an OP redirecting a user to my Consumer who, as far as my
Consumer was concerned, had never been there before. </PRE></DIV></BODY></HTML>