Hi all,

Do we have an official public documents related to this approach,  the
token binding mechanism used and other information?

Thank you!
Dinali

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:55 PM Janak Amarasena <ja...@wso2.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Currently, there is an OAuth2 Spec[1] under development with the key
> intention of sender-constraining OAuth 2.0 tokens via a proof-of-possession
> mechanism. Few takeaways from that which we could also use.
> We could introduce a new *token_type*[2] (like
> token_type=bound+cookie) for the cookie bound access token instead of the
> current bearer token as these tokens should be processed in a different way
> than the normal bearer tokens.
> Also if the service provider supports multiple token types we can let the
> application request a token type it wants by indicating it in some
> parameter when the application initiates a token requesting flow.
>
> [1] - https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-fett-oauth-dpop
> [2] - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-7.1
>
> Best Regards,
> Janak
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 9:42 AM Johann Nallathamby <joh...@wso2.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Darshana,
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 8:29 PM Darshana Gunawardana <darsh...@wso2.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Johann,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 10:43 AM Johann Nallathamby <joh...@wso2.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Thanuja,
>>>>
>>>> Did we consider sending the access token itself as a secure, http-only
>>>> cookie to the browser instead of binding it to a separate cookie? This will
>>>> also simplify the development on the client side, in case someone wants to
>>>> build their own SPA.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here which domain you assumed that the cookie will be set to?
>>>
>>
>> I meant to the IS server domain which is the domain where the APIs are
>> hosted.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Assuming it the client's domain, there are two limitations.
>>>
>>>    1. Setting the token as a cookie is an additional task that client
>>>    had to do since OP (in this case IS) cannot set cookies for some external
>>>    client domain.
>>>    2. Having the token stored in http-only cookie block accessing it's
>>>    from client-side scripts, which is a main blocker for SPAs.
>>>
>>>
>> Not client domain.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Assuming it the server-side domain and assuming you want to
>>> automatically handle authorization for the API based on the access token
>>> that already present in the cookie, there are two concerns,
>>>
>>>    1. This will open up CSRF vulnerability as any malicious client
>>>    running on the same browser can also access APIs successfully.
>>>
>>> Yes, your approach will prevent CSRF as well. +1.
>>
>>>
>>>    1. If the API gateway handling authorization in back-channel mode,
>>>       1. The cookie has to set to the API gateway's domain
>>>       2. API gateway has to do an additional non-standard way of
>>>       handing this cookie and attach it to the authorization header.
>>>
>>> Yes, this is a possibility. But I wasn't proposing it in this case.
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Johann.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Johann.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 12:26 PM Thanuja Jayasinghe <than...@wso2.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> With the introduction of new IAM portal applications, there is a
>>>>> requirement to provide additional security measures to secure these SPAs.
>>>>> We have already implemented the OAuth2 authorization code flow(public
>>>>> client) with PKCE for these applications and with this feature, it will be
>>>>> possible to bind the access token to the browser instance. So, an
>>>>> additional security measure will be enforced as the combination of the
>>>>> access token and browser token(cookie) validated while accessing the IS
>>>>> APIs.
>>>>> Support for configuring this option using OAuth2 application
>>>>> configuration and browser token persistence will be added as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Updated request/response flow is as follows,
>>>>> [image: Blank Diagram (1).png]
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Thanuja
>>>>>
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