Re: [OAUTH-WG] Call for adoption - Protected Resource Metadata

2023-08-26 Thread Jaimandeep Singh
Hi Dick, My previous emails do not even obliquely refer to security by obscurity. It is about design patterns and excessive information disclosure. Regards Jaimandeep Singh On Sat, 26 Aug, 2023, 8:27 pm Dick Hardt, wrote: > Jaimandeep: Do I understand your objection to adoption is that providi

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Call for adoption - Protected Resource Metadata

2023-08-26 Thread Tom Jones
The security reason for exclusion of error codes and other information is that the data helps the attacker subvert the app. I continue my attempt to avoid helping the attacker. thx ..Tom (mobile) On Sat, Aug 26, 2023, 7:58 AM Dick Hardt wrote: > Jaimandeep: Do I understand your objection to ado

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Call for adoption - Protected Resource Metadata

2023-08-26 Thread Dick Hardt
Jaimandeep: Do I understand your objection to adoption is that providing a resource discovery endpoint increases the attack surface as an attacker gains knowledge about the resource? If I understand that correctly, then you are suggesting security through obscurity. As mentioned by Aaron, there i

Re: [OAUTH-WG] WGLC for Browser-based Apps

2023-08-26 Thread Tom Jones
Right Philippe - there really is no way to create a secure client as a web app. You would need access to the trusted execution environment, which is not available. ..tom On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 5:21 AM Philippe De Ryck < phili...@pragmaticwebsecurity.com> wrote: > My responses inline. > > > H

Re: [OAUTH-WG] WGLC for Browser-based Apps

2023-08-26 Thread Philippe De Ryck
My responses inline. > Hi everyone, > > The document is about "OAuth 2.0 for Browser-Based Apps". Its abstract > further explains that it "details the security considerations and best > practices that must be taken into account when developing browser-based > applications that use OAuth 2.0."