modulus and generator optional in association requests

Josh Hoyt josh at janrain.com
Tue Mar 20 21:27:49 UTC 2007


On 3/20/07, Granqvist, Hans <hgranqvist at verisign.com> wrote:
> Once something complex is optional, typically few will
> implement it, which means you can run into the inverse:
> implementations that do supply optional values run into parties
> that cannot treat those values correctly.

They are optional in OpenID 1, so the cat's already out of the bag.

I see no reason to make them required in OpenID 2, since this case
will already need to be implemented.

Josh



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