Re: [OAUTH-WG] Server cret verification in 10.9

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 1/20/12 4:46 PM, Eran Hammer wrote:
> Stephen asked:
> 
>> (13) 10.9 says that the client MUST verify the server's cert which is
>> fine. However, does that need a reference to e.g. rfc 6125? Also, do 
>> you want to be explicit here about the TLS server cert and thereby 
>> possibly rule out using DANE with the non PKI options that that WG 
>> (may) produce?
> 
> Can someone help with this? I don’t know enough to address.

The OAuth core spec currently says:

   The client MUST validate the authorization server's
   TLS certificate in accordance with its requirements
   for server identity authentication.

RFC 2818 has guidance about endpoint identity, in Section 3.1:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818#section-3.1

RFC 6125 attempts to generalize the guidance from RFC 2818 and many
similar specs for use by new application protocols. Given that OAuth as
defined by the core spec runs over HTTP, I think referencing RFC 2818
would make sense. So something like:

   The client MUST validate the authorization server's
   TLS certificate in accordance with the rules for
   server identity authentication provided in Section 3.1
   of [RFC2818].

Peter

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