Re: WebID TLS

On 6 November 2011 02:29, Peter Williams <home_pw@msn.com> wrote:
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>  Since webid was unable to pursuade anyone (at all?) to adopt https client
> certs for use on the general internet, I guess the group nhas decided that
> its appropirate to ensure webid is security protocol agnostic.  I heartily
> agree. It will help the "portrayal" of W3C to show the webid is not tied to
> any one security protocol (e.g. a transport layer or IPsec layer protocol).
> That is, its not just another religiously-motivated group wanting its own
> security token forma (for no particular reason other than it uses some or
> other preferred presentation syntax/format).
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> Ive long argued that when my IDP using a signed SAML2 assertion delivers the
> webid in a web services call, the properties of said "proof" version of
> SAML2 are really not that different to a cert delivering the webid. The cert
> is a signed object, and is carried by a security protocol between browser
> and site. Said protocol ensures the cert is delivered to the intended
> recipient (when TLS handshake tunneling is used).  Similarly, in the web
> services world, the SAML2 token is a signal from browser-hosted script to
> the site, similarly. The SAML2 handshakes accomplish what jhttps
> accomplishes : deliverrs an identitificatio blob to the intended recipient.
> Obviousl, this web services version of SAML2 (available worldwide in
> windows, now) varies from the more traditional websso version of SAML2, in
> which the browser is involved - being a mere conduit in the passing of a
> signed token from one site, to another. Obvbiously, its pretty trivial to
> move off of SAML2 blobs for web services and use signed JSON blobs, swapping
> bit formats (yet again).

Peter, IMHO, this was always the case.  One reason this is a good
opportunity to clear up possible confusion.

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> ________________________________
> From: henry.story@bblfish.net
> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 01:37:41 +0100
> CC: public-xg-webid@w3.org
> To: scorlosquet@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: WebID TLS
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> On 5 Nov 2011, at 23:57, Stéphane Corlosquet wrote:
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> Hi Henry,
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> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net> wrote:
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> Can we agree to specialise on WebID over TLS for the rest of this Incubator
> Group, and leave all the other possible protocol implementations for later,
> say like for when the Cryptography Working Group has finished its API?
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> I thought that was already the case. Can you clarify and give some examples
> of what would *not* be included then?
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> There was a bit of confusion in a few e-mail exchanges recently on the list,
> so I just wanted to make sure we are in agreement. We can have this document
> be WebID over TLS leaving open for later WebId over BrowserId type JSON
> certificate for example.
> We still have quite a bit of work to do to finish the current spec. It will
> be quite an achievement to finish it. I'll put more energy back into the
> spec now. ( I was of in Saint Etienne this week, and was taken up into a lot
> of meetings at the university there - which also had very bad
> connectivity).
> Btw, don't forget we have our weekly meetings now in Skype, so we can do a
> bit of video conferencing and even some screen sharing. Every month we then
> will have a more formal meeting.
> Henry
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> Steph.
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> We need to focus on getting something done so at the end we have some real
> things to show.
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> Henry
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