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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode">(Please post this on
security@ not general@)<br>
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James A. Donald wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid454068DF.6050908@echeque.com" type="cite">Protocols
should specify how the communicating parties should interact, not how
everyone in the universe should behave. <br>
</blockquote>
Yes, in theory I understand that absolutely and parts of the
suggestions concerning security indeed affect the protocol.<br>
<blockquote cite="mid454068DF.6050908@echeque.com" type="cite">If the
IDP has a bad logon process, the primary victim is the person who chose
the IDP, so the matter will correct itself. <br>
</blockquote>
I think there will be two victims: The relaying party and the user.
Since the relying party has a responsibility of his own facility and by
allowing OpenID login/authentication procedures he depends on the
IDP's. However as of now, he can't choose which IDP's are trustworthy
either, there is only as binary decision to implement / allow OpenID or
not. Now with being responsible for the authentication of his own
facility, the relying party might be a victim too. So currently I see
here a problem, which has to get solved this way or any other
one....now or later...<br>
<blockquote cite="mid454068DF.6050908@echeque.com" type="cite">Flexibility
is dangerous - as Ipsec demonstrated, but so is trying to dictate
everything to everyone.<br>
</blockquote>
Well, I don't know, what's the difference is, between defining certain
aspects of the protocol, data exchange and conditions to be met in
order to successfully implement the proposed standard, and between the
suggestions I made. I very much see it connected and intertwined with
each other. A standard itself is a definition and as such a dictate ,
some parts explicit and others optional, but still a dictate...<br>
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