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Subject: FW: [OpenID] Signing method for XRD


Here is one message from the OpenID list thread (that Nat started - thanks
Nat!) with a good point about one workaround for implementation complexity
no matter what XRD signature method we choose.

=Drummond 

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: general-bounces@openid.net [mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] On
>> Behalf Of Hans Granqvist
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:46 AM
>> To: Peter Williams
>> Cc: general@openid.net
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID] Signing method for XRD
>>
>> It seems the major hurdles to using xmldsig are "it's too hard to
>> implement" and "there is no good API in the {foo, bar, baz, ...}
>> language"
>>
>> Since we envision a world of interconnected services, is it not easy
>> to avoid all issues by creating and set up a signing/verification
>> service endpoint. Internal or external, just use this service for all
>> nasty xml signature needs. I've done this myself a few times and use
>> it wherever http is spoken. It's pretty easy.
>>
>> Hans
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