Re: [foaf-protocols] Yet Another FOAF+SSL ACL Test: ACLs Baton Passing

mike amundsen wrote:
> well, I now have access to the primary URI (the mappings document),
> but my attempts to deref the ACL URI supplied in the link header are
> failing. I am prompted for my cert, supply it, and then see the HTTP
> auth dialog.
>
>   
Please try again.

A fix has been applied to the test instance re. access to the ACL.

Kingsley
> BTW - according to the details outlined in the paper[1] (pg. 6 table
> 1) once I get "Write" access to the ACL resource, I can delete that
> ACL document, correct?
>
> [1] http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2009/Papers/ISWC/rdf-access-control/paper.pdf
>
> mca
> http://amundsen.com/blog/
> http://mamund.com/foaf.rdf#me
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:20, mike amundsen <mamund@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> I started this thread to as a way to get us thinking about this
>> fundamental shortcoming of the WAC pattern as described in the initial
>> paper [1] and the Wiki [2].
>>
>> The pattern where agents can deref the resource in order to discover
>> the ACL of that resource is viable for cases where the agent already
>> has access to the resource. However, cases where the agent needs to
>> gain access to the resource itself needs another pattern; one which
>> I've not seen proposed/documented anywhere.
>>
>> [1] http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2009/Papers/ISWC/rdf-access-control/paper.pdf
>> [2] http://esw.w3.org/WebAccessControl
>>
>> mca
>> http://amundsen.com/blog/
>> http://mamund.com/foaf.rdf#me
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:56, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> mike amundsen wrote:
>>>       
>>>> <snip from Kingsley>
>>>> (the resource URL is discoverable via Link: response headers):
>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> <snip from Nathan>
>>>>         
>>>>> try:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://ods-qa.openlinksw.com/home/dav/Public/fao_to_sumo_mappings.txt,acl
>>>>>           
>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, the irony is not lost here.
>>>>
>>>> Kingsley's message listed a URI of a resource; the LInk header of
>>>> which pointed to the URI of the ACL resource.
>>>>
>>>> IOW, I was given rights to the ACL resource, but not the resource
>>>> controlled by that ACL resource.
>>>>
>>>> Thus, "Discovering the ACL resource via the Link Header" *was not
>>>> possible*.
>>>>
>>>> So I must ask, Nathan, how did you know the URI of the ACL resource?
>>>>
>>>> What have I missed?
>>>>         
>>> nothing, the demo should have let you have access to both the resource and
>>> the ACL, why you didn't I'm not sure - defer to Kinglsey on that one ;)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>       
>
>
>   


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Received on Monday, 21 June 2010 16:52:44 UTC