Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent)

[Richard Stallman]

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  > I’ve thought about using public keys for authentication. Users
  > would share their public keys through secure side-channel, then
  > it’s easy to verify you are connecting to the person you think you
  > are connecting to.

This has the advantage of being similar to what we already use.

  > I also thought about adding OpenID support to the signaling
  > server, such that the signaling server can endorse each user’s
  > identify. Is is obviously more complicated, and requires the user
  > to trust the signaling server.

ISTR that there was some doubt about whether OpenID could be used
in the free world.  That was discussed maybe 6 or more years ago.
If it is useful, I can look up what was said back then and we could
see whee it stands now.

Would it be feasible to support both methods?




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