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Re: [OAUTH-WG] Request sent to http: instead of https:`

Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com> Thu, 14 October 2010 01:33 UTC

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From: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
To: Breno <breno.demedeiros@gmail.com>, Jeff Lindsay <progrium@twilio.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:33:39 -0700
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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Request sent to http: instead of https:`
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Write it, and I'll get it incorporated.

EHL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Breno [mailto:breno.demedeiros@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 4:49 PM
> To: Jeff Lindsay
> Cc: Eran Hammer-Lahav; oauth@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Request sent to http: instead of https:`
> 
> +1 for language in the spec describing how to handle this case
> 
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Jeff Lindsay <progrium@twilio.com> wrote:
> >> Hopefully you also invalidate the token (if bearer) since it was send
> >> over an insecure channel.
> >
> > Excuse my naivety, but perhaps that's worth putting in the spec?
> >
> >>
> >> EHL
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: oauth-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-bounces@ietf.org] On
> >> > Behalf Of Breno
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:31 AM
> >> > To: oauth@ietf.org
> >> > Subject: [OAUTH-WG] Request sent to http: instead of https:`
> >> >
> >> > Suppose server A documents that their endpoint X is at
> >> > https://server.example.com/x; there's no service at the
> >> > corresponding http location for security reasons.
> >> >
> >> > Client developer fatfingers URL as http://server.example.com/x
> >> >
> >> > What is the correct response? I understand that this is out of
> >> > scope for the spec, but maybe there's agreement on some guidance?
> >> >
> >> > One thing one shouldn't do is serve a 302 here; it would allow
> >> > defective clients to remain unpatched.
> >> >
> >> > My preference is to simply return a bare 403 or 404 here -- after
> >> > all the endpoint does not exist (404) or if one uses the convention
> >> > that resources at http/https are usually identical, then http is a
> >> > non-authorized method to access the resource (403).
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Breno de Medeiros
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> 
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> Breno de Medeiros

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