I’m sure it was spun in a way that could be true since there was no technical 
value to Ian’s statement and I’m sure that folks had not read or understand the 
usage.

From: OAuth [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Brian Campbell
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:53 AM
To: Nat Sakimura
Cc: oauth@ietf.org list
Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] New Version Notification for 
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I'd note that the reaction at the conference to Ian's statement was 
overwhelmingly positive. There was a wide range of industry people here - 
implementers, practitioners, deployers, strategists, etc. - and it seems pretty 
clear that the "rough consensus" of the industry at large is that a4c is not 
wanted or needed.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Nat Sakimura 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> wrote:
And here is a quote from Ian's blog.

And although the authentication wheel is round, that doesn’t mean it isn’t 
without its lumps. First, we do see some reinventing the wheel just to reinvent 
the wheel. OAuth A4C is simply not a fruitful activity and should be put down.

(Source) 
http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2014/07/23/do-we-have-a-round-wheel-yet-musings-on-identity-standards-part-1.html

2014-07-23 16:53 GMT-04:00 John Bradley 
<ve7...@ve7jtb.com<mailto:ve7...@ve7jtb.com>>:

I thought I did post this to the list.

I guess I hit the wrong reply on my phone.

John B.
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:50 PM, 
tors...@lodderstedt.net<mailto:tors...@lodderstedt.net> wrote:

we are two, at least :-)

Why didn't you post this on the list?

When will be be arriving?

Am 23.07.2014 16:39, schrieb John Bradley:
Ian Glazer mentioned this in his keynote at CIS yesterday.

His advice was please stop,  we are creating confusion and uncertainty.

We are becoming our own wort enemy. ( my view though Ian may share it)

Returning just an id_ token from the token endpoint has little real value.

Something really useful to do would be sorting out channel_id so we can do PoP 
for id tokens to make them and other cookies secure in the front channel.   I 
think that is a better use of time.

I may be in the minority opinion on that,  it won't be the first time.


John B.
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Torsten Lodderstedt 
<tors...@lodderstedt.net<mailto:tors...@lodderstedt.net>> wrote:
You are right from a theoretical perspective. Practically this was caused by 
editorial decisions during the creation of the RFC. As far as I remember, there 
was a definition of the (one) token endpoint response in early versions. No one 
every considered to NOT respond with an access token from the token endpoint. 
So one might call it an implicit assumption.

I'm worried that people get totally confused if an exception is introduced now 
given the broad adoption of OAuth based on this assumption.

regards,
Torsten.

Am 23.07.2014 um 15:41 schrieb Thomas Broyer 
<t.bro...@gmail.com<mailto:t.bro...@gmail.com>>:

Is it said anywhere that ALL grant types MUST use Section 5.1 responses? Each 
grant type references Section 5.1, and "access token request" is only defined 
in the context of the defined grant types. Section 2.2 doesn't talk about the 
request or response format.
Le 23 juil. 2014 21:32, "Nat Sakimura" 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> a écrit :
Is it? Apart from the implicit grant that does not use token endpoint, all 
other grant references section 5.1 for the response, i.e., all shares the same 
response.

2014-07-23 15:18 GMT-04:00 Thomas Broyer 
<t.bro...@gmail.com<mailto:t.bro...@gmail.com>>:

I hadn't realized the JSON response that requires the access_token field is 
defined per grant_type, so I'd be OK to "extend the semantics" as in the 
current draft.
That was actually my main concern: that the token endpoint mandates 
access_token; but its actually not the case.
Le 23 juil. 2014 20:46, "Nat Sakimura" 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> a écrit :

I agree with John that overloading response_type @ authz endpoint is a bad 
idea. It completely changes the semantics of this parameter. NOTE: what I was 
proposing was not this parameter, but a new parameter response_type @ token 
endpoint.

I also think overloading grant_type is a bad idea since it changes its 
semantics. I quote the definition here again:

grant
    credential representing the resource owner's authorization

grant_type
type of grant sent to the token endpoint to obtain the access token

It is not about controlling what is to be returned from the token endpoint, but 
the hint to the token endpoint describing the type of credential the endpoint 
has received. It seems the "control of what is being returned from token 
endpoint"  is just a side effect.

I am somewhat ambivalent[1] in changing the semantics of token endpoint, but in 
as much as "text is the king" for a spec., we probably should not change the 
semantics of it as Torsten points out. If it is ok to change this semantics, I 
believe defining a new parameter to this endpoint to control the response would 
be the best way to go. This is what I have described previously.

Defining a new endpoint to send code to get ID Token and forbidding the use of 
it against token endpoint would not change the semantics of any existing 
parameter or endpoint, which is good. However, I doubt if it is not worth 
doing. What's the point of avoiding access token scoped to UserInfo endpoint 
after all? Defining a new endpoint for just avoiding the access token for 
userinfo endpoint seems way too much the heavy wait way and it breaks 
interoperabiliy: it defeats the purpose of standardization.

I have started feeling that no change is the best way out.

Nat

[1]  If instead of saying "Token endpoint - used by the client to exchange an 
authorization grant for an access token, typically with client authentication", 
it were saying "Token endpoint - used by the client to exchange an 
authorization grant for tokens, typically with client authentication", then it 
would have been OK. It is an expansion of the capability rather than changing 
the semantics.


2014-07-23 13:39 GMT-04:00 Mike Jones 
<michael.jo...@microsoft.com<mailto:michael.jo...@microsoft.com>>:
You need the alternative response_type value ("code_for_id_token" in the A4C 
draft) to tell the Authorization Server to return a code to be used with the 
new grant type, rather than one to use with the "authorization_code" grant type 
(which is what response_type=code does).

From: OAuth [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org<mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org>] On 
Behalf Of John Bradley
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] New Version Notification for 
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If we use the token endpoint then a new grant_type is the best way.

It sort of overloads code, but that is better than messing with response_type 
for the authorization endpoint to change the response from the token_endpoint.  
That is in my opinion a champion bad idea.

In discussions developing Connect we decided not to open this can of worms 
because no good would come of it.

The token_endpoint returns a access token.  Nothing requires scope to be 
associates with the token.

That is the best solution.  No change required.  Better interoperability in my 
opinion.

Still on my way to TO, getting in later today.

John B.



Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:15 PM, 
tors...@lodderstedt.net<mailto:tors...@lodderstedt.net> wrote:

The "response type" of the token endpoint is controlled by the value of the 
parameter "grant_type". So there is no need to introduce a new parameter.

wrt to a potential "no_access_token" grant type. I do not consider this a good 
idea as it changes the semantics of the token endpoint (as already pointed out 
by Thomas). This endpoint ALWAYS responds with an access token to any grant 
type. I therefore would prefer to use another endpoint for the intended purpose.

regards,
Torsten.



Am 23.07.2014 13:04, schrieb Nat Sakimura:
IMHO, changing the semantics of "response_type" @ authz endpoint this way is 
not a good thing.

Instead, defining a new parameter "response_type" @ token endpoint, as I 
described in my previous message,
probably is better. At least, it does not change the semantics of the 
parameters of RFC6749.

 Nat

2014-07-23 12:48 GMT-04:00 Thomas Broyer 
<t.bro...@gmail.com<mailto:t.bro...@gmail.com>>:
No, I mean response_type=none and response_type=id_token don't generate a code 
or access token so you don't use the Token Endpoint (which is not the same as 
the Authentication Endpoint BTW).
With response_type=code_for_id_token, you get a code and exchange it for an 
id_token only, rather than an access_token, so you're changing the semantics of 
the Token Endpoint.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just that you can't really compare none and 
id_token with code_for_id_token.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richer, Justin P. 
<jric...@mitre.org<mailto:jric...@mitre.org>> wrote:
It's only "not using the token endpoint" because the token endpoint copy-pasted 
and renamed the authentication endpoint.

 -- Justin

On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Thomas Broyer 
<t.bro...@gmail.com<mailto:t.bro...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Except that these are about not using the Token Endpoint at all, whereas the 
current proposal is about the Token Endpoint not returning an access_token 
field in the JSON.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Mike Jones 
<michael.jo...@microsoft.com<mailto:michael.jo...@microsoft.com>> wrote:
The response_type "none" is already used in practice, which returns no access 
token.  It was accepted by the designated experts and registered in the IANA 
OAuth Authorization Endpoint Response Types registry at 
http://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters/oauth-parameters.xml#endpoint. 
 The registered "id_token" response type also returns no access token.

So I think the question of whether response types that result in no access 
token being returned are acceptable within OAuth 2.0 is already settled, as a 
practical matter.  Lots of OAuth implementations are already using such 
response types.

                                                            -- Mike

From: OAuth [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org<mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org>] On 
Behalf Of Phil Hunt
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:09 AM
To: Nat Sakimura
Cc: <oauth@ietf.org<mailto:oauth@ietf.org>>
Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] New Version Notification for 
draft-hunt-oauth-v2-user-a4c-05.txt

Yes. This is why it has to be discussed in the IETF.

Phil

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On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:43 AM, Nat Sakimura 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Reading back the RFC6749, I am not sure if there is a good way of suppressing 
access token from the response and still be OAuth. It will break whole bunch of 
implicit definitions like:

authorization server
      The server issuing access tokens to the client after successfully
      authenticating the resource owner and obtaining authorization.

After all, OAuth is all about issuing access tokens.

Also, I take back my statement on the grant type in my previous mail.

The definition of grant and grant_type are respectively:

grant
    credential representing the resource owner's authorization

grant_type
    (string representing the) type of grant sent to the token endpoint to 
obtain the access token

Thus, the grant sent to the token endpoint in this case is still 'code'.

Response type on the other hand is not so well defined in RFC6749, but it seems 
it is representing what is to be returned from the authorization endpoint. To 
express what is to be returned from token endpoint, perhaps defining a new 
parameter to the token endpoint, which is a parallel to the response_type to 
the Authorization Endpoint seems to be a more symmetric way, though I am not 
sure at all if that is going to be OAuth any more. One straw-man is to define a 
new parameter called response_type to the token endpoint such as:

response_type
    OPTIONAL. A string representing what is to be returned from the token 
endpoint.

Then define the behavior of the endpoint according to the values as the 
parallel to the multi-response type spec.
http://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-multiple-response-types-1_0.html

Nat




2014-07-23 7:21 GMT-04:00 Phil Hunt 
<phil.h...@oracle.com<mailto:phil.h...@oracle.com>>:
The draft is very clear.

Phil

On Jul 23, 2014, at 0:46, Nat Sakimura 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The new grant type that I was talking about was
"authorization_code_but_do_not_return_access_nor_refresh_token", so to speak.
It does not return anything per se, but an extension can define something on 
top of it.

Then, OIDC can define a binding to it so that the binding only returns ID Token.
This binding work should be done in OIDF. Should there be such a grant type,
it will be an extremely short spec.

At the same time, if any other specification wanted to define
other type of tokens and have it returned from the token endpoint,
it can also use this grant type.

If what you want is to define a new grant type that returns ID Token only,
then, I am with Justin. Since "other response than ID Token" is only
theoretical, this is a more plausible way forward, I suppose.

Nat

2014-07-22 14:30 GMT-04:00 Justin Richer 
<jric...@mit.edu<mailto:jric...@mit.edu>>:
So the draft would literally turn into:

"The a4c response type and grant type return an id_token from the token 
endpoint with no access token. All parameters and values are defined in OIDC."

Seems like the perfect mini extension draft for OIDF to do.

--Justin

/sent from my phone/

On Jul 22, 2014 10:29 AM, Nat Sakimura 
<sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> What about just defining a new grant type in this WG?
>
>
> 2014-07-22 12:56 GMT-04:00 Phil Hunt 
> <phil.h...@oracle.com<mailto:phil.h...@oracle.com>>:
>>
>> That would be nice. However oidc still needs the new grant type in order to 
>> implement the same flow.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:35, Nat Sakimura 
>> <sakim...@gmail.com<mailto:sakim...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 to Justin.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-07-22 9:54 GMT-04:00 Richer, Justin P. 
>>> <jric...@mitre.org<mailto:jric...@mitre.org>>:
>>>>
>>>> Errors like these make it clear to me that it would make much more sense 
>>>> to develop this document in the OpenID Foundation. It should be something 
>>>> that directly references OpenID Connect Core for all of these terms 
>>>> instead of redefining them. It's doing authentication, which is 
>>>> fundamentally what OpenID Connect does on top of OAuth, and I don't see a 
>>>> good argument for doing this work in this working group.
>>>>
>>>>  -- Justin
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 4:30 AM, Thomas Broyer 
>>>> <t.bro...@gmail.com<mailto:t.bro...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Mike Jones 
>>>>> <michael.jo...@microsoft.com<mailto:michael.jo...@microsoft.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your review, Thomas.  The "prompt=consent" definition being 
>>>>>> missing is an editorial error.  It should be:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> consent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Authorization Server SHOULD prompt the End-User for consent before 
>>>>>> returning information to the Client. If it cannot obtain consent, it 
>>>>>> MUST return an error, typically consent_required.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll plan to add it in the next draft.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like the consent_required error needs to be defined too, and you 
>>>>> might have forgotten to also import account_selection_required from 
>>>>> OpenID Connect.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree that there's no difference between a response with multiple 
>>>>>> "amr" values that includes "mfa" and one that doesn't.  Unless a clear 
>>>>>> use case for why "mfa" is needed can be identified, we can delete it in 
>>>>>> the next draft.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> How about "pwd" then? I fully understand that I should return "pwd" if 
>>>>> the user authenticated using a password, but what "the service if a 
>>>>> client secret is used" means in the definition for the "pwd" value?
>>>>>
>>>>> (Nota: I know you're at IETF-90, I'm ready to wait 'til you come back ;-) 
>>>>> )
>>>>>
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