I would avoid using the term "open" here as it has other deep-seated meanings in the software world, particularly with regard to Open Source and Open Standard stuff. FWIW, I think "confidential/public" or "private/public" are serviceable.
-- Justin On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 02:45 -0400, Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote: > How about confidential/open? > > EHL > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: oauth-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf > > Of Eran Hammer-Lahav > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:12 PM > > To: Torsten Lodderstedt; OAuth WG > > Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue 15, new client registration > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: oauth-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf > > > Of Torsten Lodderstedt > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:59 PM > > > To: OAuth WG > > > Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Issue 15, new client registration > > > > > > 2.1 Client types > > > > > > I'm struggeling with the new terminology of "private" and "public" > > > clients. In my perception, the text just distinguishes clients which > > > can be authenticated and such which cannot. This is fine but I > > > consider the wording misleading. I would suggest to change it to > > > something like trusted/untrusted or authenticated/unauthenticated or > > Verifiable/Forgeable. > > > > I'm open to changing the names. > > > > I don't like trusted/untrusted because OAuth does not define trust. The > > authenticated/unauthenticated pair is also not ideal because the terms > > describe the outcome, not the nature of the client. As for > > verifiable/forgeable, I think these terms are too complicated for a casual > > reader. > > > > My intention with public/private is to identify the nature of the client > > credentials. So a more verbose version would be 'public credentials/private > > credentials'. This also works with 'code' instead of 'credentials'. > > > > It's clear from the past year of discussions that we need terminology to > > describe these two types. > > > > Any other suggestions? > > > > EHL > > _______________________________________________ > > OAuth mailing list > > OAuth@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth > _______________________________________________ > OAuth mailing list > OAuth@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth _______________________________________________ OAuth mailing list OAuth@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth
