Re: [OAUTH-WG] third party applications

Dima Postnikov <dima@postnikov.net> Wed, 02 September 2020 15:05 UTC

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From: Dima Postnikov <dima@postnikov.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 01:05:07 +1000
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To: Jeff Craig <jeffcraig=40google.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: Torsten Lodderstedt <torsten=40lodderstedt.net@dmarc.ietf.org>, William Denniss <wdenniss=40google.com@dmarc.ietf.org>, oauth <oauth@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] third party applications
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I agree, "limited access" makes sense. I am happy to create a PR, if required.


Current wording is:


The OAuth 2.1 authorization framework enables a*n* *third-party*
application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service, either on
   behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction
   between the resource owner and the HTTP service, or by allowing the
   *third-party* application to obtain access on its own behalf.  This
   specification replaces and obsoletes the OAuth 2.0 Authorization
   Framework described in RFC 6749 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749>.


On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 12:33 AM Jeff Craig <jeffcraig=
40google.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:53 AM Torsten Lodderstedt <torsten=
> 40lodderstedt.net@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
>
>> > On 2. Sep 2020, at 05:58, William Denniss <wdenniss=
>> 40google.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
>> > On the subject, in first party cases the access may not be all that
>> "limited", I wonder if it should read more genericly "an application to
>> obtain access to an HTTP service"?
>>
>> I suggest to stick with “limited” since privilege restriction is always a
>> good idea.
>>
>
> I'm inclined to agree, scopes are a key part of the OAuth model, and while
> nothing precludes a "full account access" scope, I do think that the idea
> of privilege restriction is worth infusing the document with.
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