Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent)

[Yuan Fu]

> On Jan 5, 2024, at 8:33 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
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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.
> 

Since OpenID is a protocol, what make it unsuitable for the free world?

> Would it be feasible to support both methods?

We’ll see. I haven’t thought too deeply into it.

Yuan