Modify text concerning ivoa_x509 scheme #16
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Add text describing normal usage of X.509 certificates, and add unparameterised option for ivoa_x509.
bertocco
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pdowler
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AuthVO.tex
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| To use this scheme, the client must present a username and password | ||
| If the client does not hold any such certificate, | ||
| and the \verb|access_url|/\verb|standard_id| pair is present, | ||
| it may obtain one by presenting a username and password |
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I believe it is the case that the standard_id says what kind of credentials can be used (exchanged) to obtain the client certificate, so "a username and password" here is not the only possibility. I think just replacing that with "credentials" to go along with the end of the sentence would fix it.
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| it has a \verb|standard_id| of \verb|BasicAA| (Section~\ref{sec:standard-id}) | ||
| so transmit user credentials using | ||
| The unparameterised \verb|ivoa_x509| challenge means we can authenticate | ||
| with a certificate if we have one, but we don't. |
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I would probably state this as
The unparameterised \verb|ivoa_x509| challenge means the client can, in principle, authenticate with a certificate from any valid CA and not just one issued by the endpoint in the parameterised challenge.
I think the rest correctly states that the parameterised challenge says how to obtain a client certificate and that the service accepts such (locally issued) certificates.
pdowler
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Add text describing normal usage of X.509 certificates, and add unparameterised option for ivoa_x509.