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OAuth 2.0 Standard Editor Quits, Takes Name Off Spec
New submitter tramp writes
"The Register reports, 'Eran Hammer, who helped create the OAuth 1.0 spec, has been editing the evolving 2.0 spec for the last three years. He resigned from his role in June but only went public with his reasons in a blog post on Thursday. "At the end, I reached the conclusion that OAuth 2.0 is a bad protocol," Hammer writes. "WS-* bad. It is bad enough that I no longer want to be associated with it."' At the end of his post, he says, 'I think the OAuth brand is in decline. This framework will live for a while, and given the lack of alternatives, it will gain widespread adoption. But we are also likely to see major security failures in the next couple of years and the slow but steady devaluation of the brand. It will be another hated protocol you are stuck with.'"
Woke up this morning around 3 AM, ran to the bathroom and left a massive havana pancake all over the place. I've been farting and shitting since (this is posted from the can on my Google Nexus 7" tablet). I don't know if it was the mexican food I had for lunch or the indian food I had for dinner. God damn I wish I could stop pissing out my asshole for 5 minutes.
A clear, concise sign from God.
I believe he is referring to the Tungsten Monosulfide Anion, WS-