Re: [OAUTH-WG] OAuth 1 Bridge Flow

Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com> Tue, 04 May 2010 17:49 UTC

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From: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
To: Marius Scurtescu <mscurtescu@google.com>, OAuth WG <oauth@ietf.org>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 10:48:51 -0700
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Why a short lived 2.0 token? Why not provide an endpoint to exchange a 1.0 token with a 2.0 token with a refresh token?

EHL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: oauth-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf
> Of Marius Scurtescu
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:27 AM
> To: OAuth WG
> Subject: [OAUTH-WG] OAuth 1 Bridge Flow
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to suggest a flow, or endpoint, that is bridging OAuth 1 and
> OAuth 2. See the attachment.
> 
> The OAuth 1 Bridge Flow basically defines an endpoint where you can place a
> signed OAuth 1 request and in response you receive a short lived OAuth 2.0
> access token. This flow can be used by clients that have a long lived OAuth
> 1.0 access token and want to use a short lived OAuth 2.0 access token to
> access protected resources.
> 
> Do you have a use case for a flow like this? If not exactly but close, how can
> the flow be improved to cover your use case as well?
> 
> Feedback more than welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marius