Backwards compatibility
Dick Hardt
dick at sxip.com
Mon Sep 25 17:28:31 UTC 2006
>> I am not sure what advantage there is to using other verbs. Would
>> you elaborate on the advantages?
>
> I'm not sure I understand this question. Are you asking why
> standard HTTP has verbs other than POST? Or why things WebDav
> increased the list further?
no, I know why they have the verbs :-)
>
> I do understand that for the purposes of conveying identity
> information from one place to another, an appropriate HTTP verb
> should be used (e.g. POST). I don't understand why we should make
> it hard (impossible?) to use OpenID authentication with verbs other
> than POST.
How would you propose OpenID use the other verbs?
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