Re: Web ID as passwordless authentication for debian web services [was: Re: Developer repositories for Debian]
On 2013-05-16 at 14:12:33, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> It looks to me like BrowserID/Persona will only work in web browsers
> with a functional javascript stack (and eventually, with a functional
> javascript crypto stack). The client authentication happens inside the
> TLS layer, over the HTTP protocol.
That's right for BrowserID itself, but Luke Howard started building a
protocol on top of BrowserID to make it usable outside of the browser:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/mozilla-persona-for-the-non-web/
> PS thanks for keeping me cc'ed on replies
Same here :)
Francois
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