- From: Joe Presbrey <presbrey@csail.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 09:03:32 -0400
- To: Peter Williams <home_pw@msn.com>
- Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, "julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" <julian.reschke@greenbytes.de>, "http-auth@ietf.org" <http-auth@ietf.org>, "fielding@gbiv.com" <fielding@gbiv.com>, "foaf-protocols@lists.foaf-project.org" <foaf-protocols@lists.foaf-project.org>, "public-xg-webid@w3.org" <public-xg-webid@w3.org>, "ietf-http-wg@w3.org" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, "public-rww@w3.org" <public-rww@w3.org>
WebID is an ID verified by the metadata available at its web address. It does not exclude SSLv3, require TLS or X509. Short and simple is better. In practice I think most people will eg. keep mod_ssl separate from mod_authn_webid. Best wishes, Joe Presbrey On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Peter Williams <home_pw@msn.com> wrote: > So what is webid vs webid-tls? > > Does webid tls exclude ssl v3? > > I ask as only very specific agendas call for the elimination of ssl v3. Only .001% of the users know the difference, and less than half of those can accurately state it. > > > On Nov 4, 2011, at 2:28 AM, "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net> wrote: > >> >> On 04/11/2011, at 9:34 AM, bergi wrote: >>> >>> Authentication Scheme >>> >>> I was thinking about this a little bit more and now I'm not sure if we >>> should use WebID or WebID-TLS or even something else. From the >>> terminology point of view WebID-TLS would fit better. >>> >>> HTTPBis, part 7, section 2.3 [1] points to a link on the IANA web site >>> which is dead [2]. I haven't found a new URL. Somebody knows if this >>> page has moved somewhere else? >> >> That link is dead because HTTPbis hasn't been through the entire process yet; the IANA registries will be established later on. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foaf-protocols mailing list >> foaf-protocols@lists.foaf-project.org >> http://lists.foaf-project.org/mailman/listinfo/foaf-protocols > _______________________________________________ > foaf-protocols mailing list > foaf-protocols@lists.foaf-project.org > http://lists.foaf-project.org/mailman/listinfo/foaf-protocols >
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