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Re: [OAUTH-WG] Understanding how OpenSocial uses OAuth 1.0a

Brian Eaton <beaton@google.com> Fri, 19 March 2010 18:44 UTC

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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Ethan Jewett <esjewett@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I'm reading correctly, if the gadget chooses to use the container's
> private key, then that is making use of the RSA signature mechanism.
> If the gadget chooses to use the container's shared secret, then that
> is the HMAC-SHA1 signature mechanism.

That's right.

> It looks to me like the
> PLAINTEXT method is not supported at all based on the wiki though I
> don't see a technical reason why it should not be supported.

Plaintext doesn't work in this context, because it sends long-lived
secrets in clear-text to servers that are under the control of the
application author, or, in the case of gadgets, everyone viewing the
gadget.

Cheers,
Brian

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