Re: [POSH] a POSH-ian play

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 15 August 2013 23:47 UTC

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Peter, thanks for that.
I think it helps a lot for an important use case.

> HOST: Here, put this file on your webserver.
...
>HOST: At https://company-a.com/.well-known/posh-foo.json
>COMPANY A: OK, I'll give it a try.
>HOST: Oh, and make sure it's served only over HTTPS!

But, I don't get this part, unless of course, hosting provider isn't the
HTTPS hosting provider.  I think that's important to mention.

For the part:

>ALICE to HOST: I'd like to send a message to Bob, please.
>HOST: Coming right up!
>COMPANY A to COMPANY B: Here's a message for Bob.
>COMPANY B: https://company-a.com/.well-known/posh-foo.json please.
>COMPANY A: Here's the JSON Web Key set you requested.
>COMPANY B: Thanks. I'd like a secure Foo connection, please.

But I think that it's wrong.  It's not COMPANY A to COMPANY B,
it's Hosting Provider A to Hosting Provider B.

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