Re: [OAUTH-WG] question about the b64token syntax in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer

2012-03-05 Thread Mike Jones
I'm fine with changing the example to make it clearer that b64token allows a wider range of characters than just those legal for base64 and base64url encodings of data values. I'll add it to my to-do list for any additional edits for the Bearer spec. -- Mike ---

Re: [OAUTH-WG] question about the b64token syntax in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer

2012-03-05 Thread Manger, James H
Brian, > On casual reading of "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol: Bearer > Tokens"* I've encountered several people (including myself) who have > made the assumption that the name b64token implies that some kind of > base64 encoding/decoding on the access token is taking place between > the cli

[OAUTH-WG] question about the b64token syntax in draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer

2012-03-05 Thread Brian Campbell
On casual reading of "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol: Bearer Tokens"* I've encountered several people (including myself) who have made the assumption that the name b64token implies that some kind of base64 encoding/decoding on the access token is taking place between the client and RS. Diggi

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Securing APIs with OAuth 2.0

2012-03-05 Thread Sergey Beryozkin
On 05/03/12 14:14, Justin Richer wrote: > >>> >>> Shane is right; the way you described your problem, the client >>> credential grant type may be appropriate. That's especially true if >>> the client will be accessing resources that don't necessarily belong >>> to specific users. But if the client

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Securing APIs with OAuth 2.0

2012-03-05 Thread Justin Richer
Shane is right; the way you described your problem, the client credential grant type may be appropriate. That's especially true if the client will be accessing resources that don't necessarily belong to specific users. But if the client (web site) will be using the API (OAuth auth/resource serv

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Securing APIs with OAuth 2.0

2012-03-05 Thread Sergey Beryozkin
Hi, On 01/03/12 22:24, André DeMarre wrote: Pete, Shane is right; the way you described your problem, the client credential grant type may be appropriate. That's especially true if the client will be accessing resources that don't necessarily belong to specific users. But if the client (web site