[security] 2 possible flaws

Johannes Berg johannes at sipsolutions.net
Wed Apr 18 09:48:36 UTC 2007


Hi Gareth,

> I have been thinking about 2 possible flaws with OpenID providers,
> I haven't had time to test any of them however because I've started
> work on another project.
> 
> Now they might not even exist or they could possibly create huge
> flaws in every provider worse case. I would like someone to test my
> theories and see if the holes are possible to exploit.
> 
> What do you think it the best policy here? Do you think it is safe
> for me to publically dicuss this?

I'm still in the process of implementing an OP and would really like to
know about any security problems before roll-out. Maybe we should
assemble a list of currently active OPs so you can notify them maybe a
week days in advance and then publicly discuss?

johannes
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