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Re: [OAUTH-WG] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6749 (3446)

Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com> Wed, 09 January 2013 23:02 UTC

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From: Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>
To: Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
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Cc: nov@matake.jp, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>, OAuth WG <oauth@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6749 (3446)
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Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> writes:

>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> Resource owners cannot revoke access to an individual third party without revoking access
>> to all third parties, and must do so by changing their password.
>>
>> Notes
>> -----
>> The text was originally "their" but changed to "the third party's" between the last draft and RFC.
>> However, "their" means "resource owners'", not "the third party's".
>
> Yes, this appears to be a change the RFC Editor made that the authors
> didn't notice in AUTH48.  But the RFC Editor change it from "their"
> because "their" wasn't clear.  Changing it back to "their" won't help
> that.  I suggest editing the corrected text to "by changing the
> resource owner's password" before marking this as Verified.

Yep, I suggested that same change in a private email to Stephen, so I
would prefer this modification.

> Barry

-derek

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