[Members] OAuth 2.0 and the Road to Hell

[David Banes]

On 31/07/2012, at 4:16 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> On 7/30/12 2:10 AM, David Banes wrote:
>> An interesting read from a key person within the OAuth project... 
>> 
>> OAuth 2.0 and the Road to Hell
>> http://hueniverse.com/2012/07/oauth-2-0-and-the-road-to-hell/
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Having been quite involved with the OAuth standardization effort at the
> IETF, I might have more detailed comments once I have had a chance to
> read Eran's post. However, I wonder why you think it's relevant to folks
> on this list -- do you think that something similar happened with XMPP
> technologies?
> 
> Peter

Hi Peter,

No that hadn't crossed my mind at all but it's interesting that it has yours! :-)

I posted it just because I recalled OAuth over XMPP (XEP-0235) and that it had been deferred, I was wondering if this explained why it was deferred.

best regards,

David Banes

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