Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: 'username' parameter proposal

Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com> Tue, 20 April 2010 18:17 UTC

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From: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
To: Brian Eaton <beaton@google.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:16:23 -0700
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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: 'username' parameter proposal
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Is that an objection to including a username parameter in the spec?

EHL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Eaton [mailto:beaton@google.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:04 AM
> To: Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Cc: jsmarr@stanfordalumni.org; OAuth WG
> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue: 'username' parameter proposal
> 
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Eran Hammer-Lahav
> <eran@hueniverse.com> wrote:
> > I'm not aware of anyone arguing against this feature. The only issue
> > is a full security review before we add it to the spec. If one of the
> > security experts here can spend a few minutes to review this, we can
> > move forward and add it to the draft.
> 
> I'd like to see some solutions mature in the wild.  Once we figure out best
> practices in the real world, it'll be a lot easier to put good policy on paper.
> 
> I just don't think we have a solid answer, and I don't want something ending
> up in the spec that we will regret later.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brian