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[Nathanael Burton <nathanael.i.burton@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 21, 2012 12:11 PM, "Joe Savak" <joe.savak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +1. ;)
>
> So the issue is that the v2 API contract allows a token to be scoped to
multiple tenants. For v3, I'd like to have the same flexibility. I don't
see security issues, as if a token were to be sniffed you can change the
password of the account using it and use those creds to scope tokens to any
tenant you wish.
>

Isn't that a security issue in and of itself? Shouldn't we force re-auth to
change the password?

Nate