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Agree with Justin, this is pretty common. We support it for re-auth as well
as incremental auth (where the user has already approved scope "a" and is
presented with a request for scopes "a b", they will only need to approve
scope "b").  In fact if you don't do this, then incremental auth isn't
really viable.

Regarding security: don't do this for non-confidential clients where you
can't verify the identity of the app by the redirect (e.g. a localhost
redirect to an installed app).

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Justin, thanks for the advice,
>
> Cheers, Sergey
>
> On 18/01/16 11:47, Justin Richer wrote:
>
>> Yes, this is common practice. Give the user the option to remember the
>> decision. This is known as "trust on first use", or tofu. Our server,
>> MITREid Connect, implements this as do many others.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Justin
>>
>> / Sent from my phone /
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin@gmail.com>
>> Date: 1/18/2016 5:59 AM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: oauth@ietf.org
>> Subject: [OAUTH-WG] Can the repeated authorization of scopes be avoided ?
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> The question relates to the process of showing the authorization
>> code/implicit flow consent screen to a user.
>>
>>
>> I'm discussing with my colleagues the possibility of avoiding asking the
>> same user whose session has expired and who is re-authenticating with AS
>> which scopes should be approved.
>>
>> For example, suppose the OAuth2 client redirects a user with the
>> requested scope 'a'. The user signs in to AS and is shown a consent
>> screen asking to approve the 'a' scope. The user approves 'a' and the
>> flow continues.
>>
>> Some time later, when the user's session has expired, the user is
>> redirected to AS with the same 'a' scope.
>>
>> Would it be a good idea, at this point, not to show the user the consent
>> screen asking to approve the 'a' scope again ? For example, AS can
>> persist the fact that a given user has already approved 'a' for a given
>> client earlier, so when the user re-authenticates, AS will use this info
>> and will avoid showing the consent screen.
>>
>> That seems to make sense, but I'm wondering, can there be some security
>> implications associated with it, any recommendations/advices will be
>> welcome
>>
>> Sergey
>>
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Re: [OAUTH-WG] Can the repeated authorization of scopes be avoided ?