[OAUTH-WG] Security Considerations (was draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-17)
Brian Campbell <bcampbell@pingidentity.com> Mon, 04 November 2013 21:20 UTC
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From: Brian Campbell <bcampbell@pingidentity.com>
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Subject: [OAUTH-WG] Security Considerations (was draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-17)
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On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> wrote: > Security Consideration section: > > > I believe the section needs to say two things into addition to the reference > to the other specifications, which are already included in the security > consideration section: > > a) The specification does not mandate replay protection for the SAML > assertion usage for neither the authorization grant nor for the client > authentication. It is an optional feature. Okay, I'll add some text about that. I think a word or two about it should go into Interoperability Considerations as well. > b) There is actually no authentication happening when these SAML assertions > are used for client authentication and for the authorization grant (in the > classical definition of authentication). This may be surprising to some why > typically assume that the client would have to demonstrate proof of > possession of a secret, which isn't the case here. I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean. Maybe it's some semantics around "authentication." Can you explain more or propose some text? > It would have been possible to provide more enhanced funtionality (and SAML > supports this as well) but it is not provided in the specification. Maybe a > future specification will provide that functionalility. I think it is worth pointing out. Can you give some examples or propose some text?
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