From: Julien Tanguy Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 17:45:26 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Add some notes on macaroons X-Git-Url: https://git.immae.eu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0ceb8d38cf44ea2a9e0d6564fe64a25fd3039b4;p=github%2Ffretlink%2Fhmacaroons.git Add some notes on macaroons [ci skip] --- diff --git a/doc/notes.md b/doc/notes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db75a59 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/notes.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Notes on macaroons and their implementation in haskell +author: Julien Tanguy +date: 2015-05-13 +--- + +Macaroons are not better than readily available SPKI/SDSI + +They provide a framework for any token-based credential systems in the cloud + +Examples: +- Cookies +- OAuth tokens +- SAML/OpenID assertions +- unlisted URLs + +Macaroons support: + +- attenuation +- delegation +- contextual confinement + + +