Server-to-server channel

[Johannes Ernst]

On Apr 3, 2007, at 16:20, Dick Hardt wrote:

> The FOAF camp was rolling along with the Pull model until they
> realized the issues around access control of the data.

...

> Push is actually much simpler then Pull for any kind of sensitive
> data, which is most of the useful attribute data.

I think the archives of the OpenID mailing lists (this one and its  
predecessor list at Six Apart) are full of endless cycles on the push- 
vs.-pull argument. Funnily enough, to the best of my knowledge, so  
far the debate actually hasn't advanced at all since probably more  
than a year ago.

In summary:
"Push is better because access control is easier and the user always  
needs to take a specific action to actually move data (i.e. better  
user control) etc. etc."
"Pull is better because access control is just as easy (that's what  
we have OpenID for!), and the only reason we have spam is because  
it's built on the e-mail push model etc. etc."

With a long list of "etc. etc." in both cases.

I'd prefer if we not go back to this discussion unless somebody has a  
genuinely new argument.


Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.


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