[sldev] OpenID & SSL certificates

dirk husemann hud at zurich.ibm.com
Mon Oct 1 08:48:09 PDT 2007


Argent Stonecutter wrote:
[...]
>
> "What I need to know is... can this be handled entirely in the viewer
> application, from start to finish, without involving any third parties
> and without involving any applications other than the viewer at any
> point (including web browsers, whether embedded in the viewer or
> otherwise), including generating any certificates required using only
> such authentication information that I am able to easily carry in my
> head, even if SL's design doesn't work this way."
it certainly would make much more sense than forcing a split login model
on the users. and i don't see why it shouldn't work in the client. after
all the browser can only do HTTPS? calls --- the client should be able
to do the same.

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dr dirk husemann, pervasive computing, ibm zurich research lab
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