Re: [OAUTH-WG] Suitable grant type for a Javascript use case

2014-02-05 Thread philip.kershaw
This looks along the same lines as the solution my colleague here has proposed but I was unsure of the security implications and unaware of any existing implementations. I agree that a standardised profile for this would be helpful. Thanks, Phil On 5 Feb 2014, at 21:49, John Bradley wrote: > Y

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Suitable grant type for a Javascript use case

2014-02-05 Thread philip.kershaw
Thanks all - some interesting points raised. I've used the Authorisation Code grant for a couple of other use cases on other projects. The Implicit Grant is less desirable but it fits here for me because of the particular constraints of the client and its hosting environment. The level of sec

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Suitable grant type for a Javascript use case

2014-02-05 Thread philip.kershaw
Hi Manfred, On 5 Feb 2014, at 11:30, Manfred Steyer wrote: > Hi Phil, > > the server won't see the access-code, cause it is returned within the hash > that stays at the client-site: > http://.../returnUri#access_code=ABCDE. > That's excellent. I hadn't picked that up in the text. I t

[OAUTH-WG] Suitable grant type for a Javascript use case

2014-02-05 Thread philip.kershaw
Hi all, I'm looking to apply OAuth for a particular use case with a Javascript client and would like to get some guidance with this. Bear with me as I'm new to this list. I have a Javascript client which needs to be deployed on a number of different sites for which we don't have control over