Re: Authentication over HTTP

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> Authentication should happen either in the encrypting transport
> which moves HTTP/2.0 across (as in certificates and assymetric crypto)
> or in the application transported inside HTTP/2.0 (as in most web-site
> login dialogs), but HTTP/2.0 itself should not get involved:  It
> is the wrong layer.

I agree.  Thus my proposal for RESTful authentication (with channel
binding to TLS where available).  I don't believe user authentication
in TLS will work out too well (it hasn't so far, and there are reasons
why it should prove difficult; see my reply to Yoav's reply to
Stefan).

Nico
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Received on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 06:27:44 UTC