Re: [OAUTH-WG] Change grant_type="none" to something less confusing

David Recordon <recordond@gmail.com> Fri, 16 July 2010 20:36 UTC

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I've always found "client password" to be a confusing term.


On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Brian Eaton <beaton@google.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Brian Campbell
> <bcampbell@pingidentity.com> wrote:
> > +1 for something different but not "client password" as sounds like it
> > would preclude other methods of client authentication
>
> I think it would work like this:
>
> grant_type=client_password:
>     maps to the "client password flow" from
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hardt-oauth-01#page-13.
>
> grant_type=client_assertion
>     maps to the "client assertion" profile
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hardt-oauth-01#section-5.2
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
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