Re: [OAUTH-WG] Security Considerations - Access Tokens

Torsten Lodderstedt <torsten@lodderstedt.net> Mon, 16 January 2012 19:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Security Considerations - Access Tokens
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makes sense.

regards,
Torsten.

Am 16.01.2012 20:00, schrieb Eran Hammer:
>
> Added the word 'credentials' (e.g. "Access token credentials (as well 
> as...") to make this clearer. IOW, when using MAC tokens, the token 
> secret is the part that must be protected, not the token id.
>
> EHL
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> *From:*oauth-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-bounces@ietf.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Marco De Nadai
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 30, 2011 9:44 AM
> *To:* oauth@ietf.org
> *Subject:* [OAUTH-WG] Security Considerations - Access Tokens
>
> Hi all,
>
> i've recently noticed that in OAuth 2.0 draft 22, in the section 10.3 
> there is this statment:
>
> Access token (as well as any access token type-specific 
> attributes) MUST be kept confidential in transit and storage, and only 
> shared among the authorization server, the resource servers the access 
> token is valid for, and the client to whom the access token is issued.
>
> BUT in OAuth 2.0 draft 22 with Authorization Code and MAC Access 
> Authentication, I can request a resource with Access Token sent in 
> clear. This invalidates the "Access token (as well as any access token 
> type-specific attributes) MUST be kept confidential in transit and 
> storage".
>
> Is it my error?
>
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