Hello! This is a discussion thread for the proposed FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol. Please use this thread to discuss the proposed FEP and any potential problems or improvements that can be addressed. Summary OpenWebAuth is the “single sign-on” mechanism used by Hubzilla, (streams) and other related projects. It allows a browser-based user to log in to services across the Fediverse using a single identity. Once logged in, they can be recognised by other OpenWebAuth-compatible services, ...

This is the proposed FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol. OpenWebAuth is the “single sign-on” mechanism used by Hubzilla, (streams) and other related projects. It allows a browser-based user to log in to services across the Fediverse using a single identity. Once logged in, they can be recognised by other OpenWebAuth-compatible services, …

  • AdemirA
    2·
    5 months ago

    I agree, and .well-known/webfinger is already largely adopted, we should build upon what we already have, not creating even more standards.

    • 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.socialOP
      4·
      5 months ago

      OpenWebAuth has been in use on the fediverse since before WebFinger became so widely used.

      Like I said in a previous comment, this FEP was written by reverse engineering the existing implementation. It’s still a proposal so it still has to go through a discussion period where issues like this can be worked out and it can be updated