[http-auth] HOBA Client and Server(RFC 7486)

Andrew Mcconachie <andrew.mcconachie@icann.org> Tue, 17 May 2016 20:55 UTC

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From: Andrew Mcconachie <andrew.mcconachie@icann.org>
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I’ve written a HOBA client and server. Both are licensed under GPLv3.

The client is a Firefox plugin that can be downloaded here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hoba/

The server lives here currently:
https://synonomic.com/hoba

Code for both is on Github:
https://github.com/smutt/HOBA
https://github.com/smutt/HOBA-server

Neither client nor server are going to win any awards for UI design :) They’re both rather ugly, but they work.

I did some things slightly differently than RFC 7486. The biggest difference is that I used JWK for public key format instead of PEM. There are a few other little things as well.

This was a personal project unrelated to my day job.

--Andrew