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<P><FONT SIZE=2>+1. A lot of thought went into the KeyInfo element design.<BR>
And the spec can define a valid subset of KeyInfos, too, if needed.<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Recordon, David [<A HREF="mailto:drecordon@verisign.com">mailto:drecordon@verisign.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 09:50 AM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
To: Grant Monroe<BR>
Cc: specs@openid.net<BR>
Subject: RE: Key Discovery In DTP Draft 3<BR>
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True, though why not still use this XML structure and the<BR>
"RetrievalMethod" element within the XRDS so that can then point to a<BR>
remote "KeyInfo" element in another XML document?<BR>
<BR>
--David<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: grant.monroe@gmail.com [<A HREF="mailto:grant.monroe@gmail.com">mailto:grant.monroe@gmail.com</A>] On Behalf<BR>
Of Grant Monroe<BR>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:31 AM<BR>
To: Recordon, David<BR>
Cc: Carl Howells; specs@openid.net<BR>
Subject: Re: Key Discovery In DTP Draft 3<BR>
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On 1/4/07, Recordon, David <drecordon@verisign.com> wrote:<BR>
> Hey guys,<BR>
> Was looking at<BR>
> <A HREF="http://openid.net/specs/openid-service-key-discovery-1_0-01.html">http://openid.net/specs/openid-service-key-discovery-1_0-01.html</A><BR>
> tonight and curious why the decision was made to define the <PublicKey<BR>
<BR>
> /> element which contains a link to the RSA key or X.509 certificate<BR>
> versus embedding the key in the XRDS file?<BR>
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I believe the rational was that KeyInfo objects can be quite large.<BR>
Especially if you have multiple services using them. We were concerned<BR>
about XRDSs getting really large. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense<BR>
to download a key for a service entry you aren't even interested in.<BR>
<BR>
--<BR>
Grant Monroe<BR>
JanRain, Inc.<BR>
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