Re: [OAUTH-WG] swapping a jwsreq/JAR JWT for a client authentication JWT

Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Tue, 11 August 2020 20:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] swapping a jwsreq/JAR JWT for a client authentication JWT
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 02:35:20PM -0600, Brian Campbell wrote:
> I also suspect the Jwsreq authors won't respond to this and the
> request/suggestion will be ignored. Which is discouraging. I realize it's
> late in the process for this document but it's been in IESG Evaluation
> since early 2017. And the recent ballot comments
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/oauth/FMljWETMEkGTI4pUluqIqtAJ_9A/
> suggests changes to the draft should still be forthcoming. So also adding a
> brief statement to the security considerations doesn't seem inconceivable.

Yup, I expect further changes to the document before publication.

Thanks for resurfacing this topic; I updated my ballot position to include
a reference to it.

-Ben