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FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol (socialhub.activitypub.rocks)
submitted 9 months ago by 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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, ...

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[–] ademir 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ademir 1 points 9 months ago

Oh I see. Thanks!