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BrowserID Wiki Update
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From ccb1c937714766e545753060946d872b57a1f2c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 | |
From: Gregory Szorc <[email protected]> | |
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:30:23 -0800 | |
Subject: [PATCH] add link to lower-level details | |
--- | |
How-BrowserID-Works.md | 7 ++++++- | |
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) | |
diff --git a/How-BrowserID-Works.md b/How-BrowserID-Works.md | |
index 01542a6..064ad73 100644 | |
--- a/How-BrowserID-Works.md | |
+++ b/How-BrowserID-Works.md | |
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ BrowserID aims to provide a **secure** way of proving your **identity** to serve | |
_Implementation notes:_ At the time of writing, checking for primary identity authorities hasn't been implemented yet. Neither have certificates. (The IP = SIA = browserid.org so it just stores public keys on the server and then looks to see if it trusts them.) | |
+## Lower-level Details | |
+ | |
+Eventually this document will be expanded with lower-level details. For | |
+now, see http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works. | |
+ | |
## Open questions | |
* How does the IP/RP check if the email provider supports BrowserID? [I believe this has yet to be specified.] | |
@@ -44,4 +49,4 @@ _Implementation notes:_ At the time of writing, checking for primary identity au | |
* What if someone steals my computer and I want to "change my password" so they can no longer log in? How do I revoke their certificate? | |
-* What if my email address is transferred to someone else? | |
\ No newline at end of file | |
+* What if my email address is transferred to someone else? | |
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1.7.8 |
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