Re: [OAUTH-WG] MAC: body-hash

Peter Wolanin <peter.wolanin@acquia.com> Wed, 23 November 2011 19:53 UTC

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As long as a specific service can make an ext containing the body hash
required, I think this is fine.  Can the spec include body hash as an
example of an ext?

Thanks,

Peter

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com> wrote:
> I want to reaffirm our previous consensus to drop the body-hash parameter
> and leave the ext parameter. Body-hash as currently specified is going to
> cause significant interop issues due to character (and other) encoding
> issues. Providers who desire to MAC the body can define their own ext use
> case.
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> Let me know if you have an objection to this change.
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