Re: [OAUTH-WG] mistake in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-01

[Dick Hardt <[e-mail]>]

As an implementer, I have an app that accesses 10 different resources. Some are OAuth 1.0A, some are a variant of OAuth 2. All have a slightly different code path since each resource is its own beautiful snowflake. I did not use any libraries for OAuth 2. Supporting MAC would give me yet another library to integrate with.

I'd be interested in what signing problems OAuth 1.0A has. I have my own list of how writing to OAuth 1.0A is hard.

On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:53 AM, William Mills wrote:

> MAC fixes the signing problems encountered in OAuth 1.0a, yes there are libraries out there for OAuth 1.0a.  MAC fits in to the OAuth 2 auth model and will provide for a single codepath for sites that want to use both Bearer and MAC.
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> From: Dick Hardt <[e-mail]>
> To: William Mills <[e-mail]> 
> Cc: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:27 Aa
> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] mistake in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-01
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> On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:52 AM, William Mills wrote:
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>> I find the idea of starting from scratch frustrating.  MAC solves a set of specific problems and has a well defined use case.  It's symmetric key based which doesn't work for some folks, and the question is do we try to develop something that supports both PK and SK, or finish the SK use case and then work on a PK based draft.
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>> I think it's better to leave them separate and finish out MAC which is *VERY CLOSE* to being done.
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> Who is interested in MAC? People can use OAuth 1.0 if they prefer that model. 
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> For my projects, I prefer the flexibility of a signed or encrypted JWT if I need holder of key.
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> Just my $.02
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> -- Dick  
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