Re: [apps-discuss] Reserved URI query parameter in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Wed, 18 April 2012 21:43 UTC

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From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:42:48 -0700
To: Dick Hardt <dick.hardt@gmail.com>
Cc: Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>, "draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer.all@tools.ietf.org" <draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer.all@tools.ietf.org>, Apps Discuss <apps-discuss@ietf.org>, Pete Resnick <presnick@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Reserved URI query parameter in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer
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On 18/04/2012, at 2:33 PM, Dick Hardt <dick.hardt@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have have read people proposing dropping it from the spec or pushing it to an Appendix. I agree the that the security issues need to be documented and the architectural issues called out. I think dropping it form the spec or pushing it to an appendix is a disservice to implementors and sends a message that the IETF is not in touch with the realities of the web.

I'm not sure why an appendix or separate document is a problem, but the heart of the current discussion is the language we put around it, not where it lives.