- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:32:51 +0100
- To: Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl>, Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 27.01.2020 13:22, Rick van Rein wrote: > Hi, > >>> Compatibility with other protocols: You cannot copy/paste your gmail >>> address to your browser to access it as webmail. >> >> Counterpoint: I (and many, many others) cannot do that even with your >> spec change because the login to my gmail account is a name and domain >> completely different to the email address URI. A government department >> is the credentials authority - not Google or '@gmail.com'. > > > You are actually _making_ my point :) > > The john.doe@gmail.com represents a resource according to the URI > specs. Some HTTP implementations have forcefully tied it to > Basic/Digest authentication. My point is that the authentication > pathway needs a completely different pathway. > ... "john.doe@gmail.com" is not a URI; it lacks a scheme. It can be an URI *reference* which would need a base URI to resolve against. Best regards, Julian
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