Josh, Sam, Klaas Wierenga, Hank Mauldin, Hannes Tschofenig, and I have submitted several drafts for consideration in the context of SASL, and we will be presenting a short version of them at the APPS Area meeting and perhaps something longer in SASL in advance of consideration of a charter update. Our work has focused on integration of two mechanisms- SAML and OpenID. Eliot On 2/13/10 4:16 PM, Josh Howlett wrote: > Sam wrote: > >> We plan to discuss the general problem and a proposed >> solution at the bar BOF. I've already prepared a feasibility >> analysis for JaNet(UK)'s solution; the analysis does discuss >> the problem some, gives an outline of the solution and >> discusses technical issues and required standards work in >> detail. By IETF we'll have a use case paper, an internet >> draft on the solution,and a slide set. >> > I just want to add to Sam's announcement that we explicitly asked him to > focus on an independent criticism of our proposal that was intended for > consumption within JANET(UK), as a means of informing our internal > strategy, rather than exposition to an external audience. We also asked > him to write at whatever level of technical detail was necessary for him > to justify his conclusions. > > Consequently, Sam's paper is an erudite and raw technical analysis that > assumes some background understanding of the proposal, as well as the > underlying technologies. Nonetheless, we felt that it would be useful to > circulate the paper as a first step towards socialising the proposal. > > As Sam indicates, we are working on a more general document that will > serve to introduce the proposal and how we believe it addresses our > use-cases. In the meantime, please get in touch with us if you have any > questions or comments; or, better still, join the mailing list. > > josh. > > > > JANET(UK) is a trading name of The JNT Association, a company limited > by guarantee which is registered in England under No. 2881024 > and whose Registered Office is at Lumen House, Library Avenue, > Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0SG > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf