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BrowserID Wiki Update
From ccb1c937714766e545753060946d872b57a1f2c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Szorc <gps@mozilla.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:30:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add link to lower-level details
---
How-BrowserID-Works.md | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/How-BrowserID-Works.md b/How-BrowserID-Works.md
index 01542a6..064ad73 100644
--- a/How-BrowserID-Works.md
+++ b/How-BrowserID-Works.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ BrowserID aims to provide a **secure** way of proving your **identity** to serve
_Implementation notes:_ At the time of writing, checking for primary identity authorities hasn't been implemented yet. Neither have certificates. (The IP = SIA = browserid.org so it just stores public keys on the server and then looks to see if it trusts them.)
+## Lower-level Details
+
+Eventually this document will be expanded with lower-level details. For
+now, see http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works.
+
## Open questions
* How does the IP/RP check if the email provider supports BrowserID? [I believe this has yet to be specified.]
@@ -44,4 +49,4 @@ _Implementation notes:_ At the time of writing, checking for primary identity au
* What if someone steals my computer and I want to "change my password" so they can no longer log in? How do I revoke their certificate?
-* What if my email address is transferred to someone else?
\ No newline at end of file
+* What if my email address is transferred to someone else?
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1.7.8
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