[p2p-hackers] Re: [rest-discuss] Re: RESTful authorization

[Antoine Pitrou]

> > When I attend DefCon, I am always amazed that people are surprised by
> > the Wall of Sheep, people who know that network snooping is possible.
> > I guess you just have to experience the efficiency of live network
> > snooping in order to truly appreciate it.

But that's an argument against your scheme more than against mine.
The only way your proposal can provide some kind of security is by using
HTTPS. While most people factually only have access to bare HTTP. It may
change in the future, but it's not the case right now.

Regards

Antoine.