[OAUTH-WG] OAuth 2.0 Device Flow: IETF98 Follow-up

William Denniss <wdenniss@google.com> Fri, 28 April 2017 20:42 UTC

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Subject: [OAUTH-WG] OAuth 2.0 Device Flow: IETF98 Follow-up
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Thanks all who joined us in Chicago in person and remotely last month for
the discussion on the device flow. [recording here
<https://play.conf.meetecho.com/Playout/?session=IETF98-OAUTH-20170327-1710>,
presentation starts at about 7min in].

The most contentious topic was addition of the user_code URI param
extension (introduced in version 05, documented in Section 3.3
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-device-flow-05#section-3.3>).

I'd like to close out that discussion with a decision soon so we can
advance to a WG last call on the draft.

To summarise my thoughts on the param:

   1. It can be can be used to improve usability – QR codes and NFC can be
   used with this feature to create a more delightful user authorization
   experience.
   2. It may increase the potential phishing risk (which we can document),
   as the user has less typing. This risk assessment is likely not
   one-size-fits-all, it may vary widely due to different the different
   potential applications of this standard.
   3. The way it's worded makes it completely optional, leaving it up to
   the discretion of the authorization server on whether to offer the
   optimisation, allowing them to secure it as best they see it.
   4. I do believe it is possible to design a secure user experiance that
   includes this optimization.

I think on the balance, it's worthwhile feature to include, and one that
benefits interop. The authorization server has complete control over
whether to enable this feature – as Justin pointed out in the meeting, it
degrades really nicely – and should they enable it, they have control over
the user experiance and can add whatever phishing mitigations their
use-case warrants.  Rarely is there a one-size-fits-all risk profile,
use-cases of this flow range widely from mass-market TV apps to
internal-only device bootstrapping by employees, so I don't think we should
be overly prescriptive.

Mitigating phishing is already something that is in the domain of the
authorization server with OAuth generally, and I know that this is an
extremely important consideration when designing user authorization flows.
This spec will be no exception to that, with or without this optimization.

That's my opinion. I'm keen to continue the discussion from Chicago and
reach rough consensus so we can progress forward.

Best,
William