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Add Authentication Best-Practice Guidelines to the onX Standard #16

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onX currently defines message structure and semantics but does not provide guidance on how implementers should authenticate onX message senders and receivers.

While onX should remain authentication-method agnostic, the standard should include non-normative authentication guidelines to help implementers avoid insecure or inconsistent designs—particularly as onX is used to transmit high-impact commands via MCP and LLM-driven workflows.

This task proposes adding an Authentication Guidelines section to the onX standard that:

  • Does not mandate a specific authentication mechanism
  • Clearly communicates that authentication is required for production use
  • Points implementers toward industry-accepted best practices

The goal is to:

  • Set a security baseline
  • Reduce accidental insecure implementations
  • Improve enterprise trust and adoption
  • Avoid premature standardization of auth protocols

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