Re: Oauth blog post

[Hannes Tschofenig <[e-mail]>]

Hi Yoav, 

> 
> Hi
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> Like Dale, I haven't followed the play throughout the life of OAuth (the working group)
> 
Barely anyone has done that. 

> Who are these corporations that dominate the working group?  Are they content providers like Facebook, Twitter, or Disney?  Are they ISPs? Is it General Motors?

Eran claims that enterprise identity management equipment manufacturer dominate the discussion. 

> 
> If they are the people who are supposed to use these standards, their participation is a good thing.

Getting everyone who writes Web applications involved in the standards process is "a bit difficult". 
If you look at the mailing list you see a mixture of small and big companies involved. 

> I wish we had more users (corporate or others) in the Security Area. So who are they?
The OAuth group is more a consumer of security expertise rather than the source. 

Ciao
Hannes

> 
> Yoav