[security] HTTP and HTTPS URL issue (was RE: security)

Dan Lyke danlyke at flutterby.com
Fri Oct 27 19:22:38 UTC 2006


On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:18:58 -0700, Josh Hoyt wrote:
> If you can get someone to click on a URL, you can get them logged in
> as whatever identifier you want to, by initiating logging in with the
> new identifier. This is regardless of SSL/non-SSL, IdP-initiated  
> login or RP-initiated.

Right. Must keep in mind my attack modes. The concern is that an  
attacker be able to represent themselves to a Relying Party as an  
OpenID controlled by someone else.

Dan




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