Re: [OAUTH-WG] A question of 1.3.1. Authorization Code in rfc6749 The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework

Peng Zhou <zpbrent@gmail.com> Wed, 09 January 2013 06:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] A question of 1.3.1. Authorization Code in rfc6749 The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework
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Dear Prabath:

Thank you very much for your responses :-)

However, I am still not quite sure why the authorization code must be
sent to the client through the RO's user-agent?

Best Regards
Brent

2013/1/9 Prabath Siriwardena <prabath@wso2.com>:
> Prabath