just to be clear - what xAuth is used for is to do a username/password exchange for an oauth access token / secret (for a given application). from then on out, that access token and secret is used to sign all requests in an oauth manner.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM, John Meyer <john.l.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/26/2010 1:30 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > >> a bit unsure - we're still working out what the appropriate terms for >> xauth should be. we just wanted it out there ASAP because of basic auth >> removal. >> > > > Is there anything that you can do with xAuth that you can't do with oAuth? > If not I would think the only possible additions would be "don't store the > password". > > > > -- > Subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
