[OpenID] Assertion Quality Extension => openid.importance

Martin Atkins mart at degeneration.co.uk
Tue Dec 12 19:35:59 UTC 2006


Manger, James H wrote:
> 
> The user-centric solution is not for the RP to specify a max auth age (or captcha or email verification or handbio or hardotp…), but for the RP to indicate the importance of the authentication. The user (with a little help from their OP) decides how to react (eg whether or not to login again) based on the importance/RP/auth-age/….
> 

I like this approach a lot more. It seems a lot more honest as to what's 
really going on, and it leaves protecting the task of user's interests 
in the IdP's hands where it belongs.






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