From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: OAuth2 implementation in Elisp
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:00:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878vpb44t4.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ehz32vm5.fsf@keller.adm.naquadah.org
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:04:18 +0200 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info> wrote:
JD> On Mon, Sep 26 2011, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> I hope I don't have to know how to implement OAuth2 in order to
>> understand your answer to that question.
JD> No. But you have to understand how it works and how to use it at least,
JD> so your questions would make sense. Right now you are just proving you
JD> know nothing about OAuth 2 and that you don't trust my judgement on
JD> implementing things.
That's a stretch based on my questions, especially the latter part.
JD> Which could put me in a bad mood.
Sorry to hear that. I am interested in a) using this code myself, and
b) making sure users don't send me questions like "what do I do now?
Emacs is asking me to enter some code." From my viewpoint what you
posted will not help with (b). Upsetting you was not intended.
JD> Now, I'll explain why we can't make Emacs act like a Web apps to you.
JD> When the client is a native client (like Emacs), the user is sent to an
JD> URL where the OAuth provider prints the following:
JD> "The application $REGISTERED-APPLICATION-NAME is trying to access your
JD> data in $THIS-WAY. Is this OK?
JD> [YES] [NO]"
JD> If the user clicks yes, an authorization code is printed, the user give
JD> it to Emacs, and Emacs can obtain an access token from the OAuth
JD> provider to access the user data. Point.
JD> If the client is a Web application, the user is sent to the same URL,
JD> but when clicking [YES], no code are printed: instead the user is
JD> redirected by to the Web application.
This is what I saw in the IETF draft. It is the better workflow.
Asking users to retype visible strings in Emacs is... unusual for an API.
Why can't Emacs pretend to be a Web application? Is it somehow less
capable than other web browsers?
Thanks
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-26 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-22 21:55 OAuth2 implementation in Elisp Julien Danjou
2011-09-22 21:59 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-09-22 22:00 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-09-22 22:15 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-25 11:25 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-25 12:56 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-25 13:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-25 17:14 ` Karl Fogel
2011-09-25 20:50 ` Justin Lilly
2011-09-26 9:52 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-26 14:36 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-26 15:04 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-26 15:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-26 15:17 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-26 16:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-27 9:40 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-27 23:25 ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-26 17:47 ` joakim
2011-09-26 19:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-26 19:55 ` Tassilo Horn
2011-09-26 19:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-26 20:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2011-09-26 20:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-26 21:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-27 9:43 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-27 9:50 ` joakim
2011-09-27 10:14 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-27 12:22 ` joakim
2011-09-27 20:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-26 17:00 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-09-28 3:35 ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-09-26 21:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-27 10:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-27 11:42 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-27 20:20 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-09-25 20:02 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-09-23 4:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-23 7:31 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-23 8:23 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-09-23 8:48 ` Michael Albinus
2011-09-23 9:02 ` Julien Danjou
2011-09-23 9:32 ` Michael Albinus
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