In that case, I agree that it does not make much sense to implement the FIDO U2F API.
I would definitely be interested in working on Web Authentication for WebKit. Rick - I think collaborating with people working on Chromium and Edge would be great. Thanks! - Jacob Greenfield > On Feb 22, 2017, at 18:13, Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I understand, there's active development going on in both chromium and > Edge for Web Authentication right now. I'm sure those folks would love to > collaborate with someone working in WebKit (and I'm happy to make > introductions). > >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Sam Weinig <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Feb 22, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Chrome ships with a built-in extension that exposes the high-level API >>>> (which I think we all agree is a hack). We recently had this discussion >>>> about the right path forward here, and agreed that we should instead focus >>>> our efforts on the Web Authentication API instead, since it seemed much >>>> more likely to be something that would become interoperable between >>>> browsers. >>> >>> Boris's comment in the referenced thread makes me think that we should just >>> implement https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/ if any: >>> >>>> 1) [Gecko/Firefox] have an implementation of the FIDO U2F API behind a >>>> pref so people >>>> can experiment with it. >>>> 2) [Gecko/Firefox] plan to ship the API being developed at >>>> https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/ once it stabilizes. >>>> > 3) [Gecko/Firefox] have no plans to ship the FIDO U2F API, now or in the >>>> > future. >>> >>> As such, I don't think we should be implementing FIDO U2F API on trunk. >>> >>> - R. Niwa >>> >> >> Given that data, I agree with Ryosuke, and adding an implementing of the >> FIDO U2F API doesn’t seem like a great fit for WebKit. >> >> That said, Jacob, do you have any interest in working on an implementation >> of the Web Authentication specification? >> >> - Sam >> >
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