Re: [OAUTH-WG] Recommendations for browser-based apps

I'd be curious to the response to this too.

Seems to me that refresh token has the same possible security risks in
an Angular app as an access token, except the refresh token is valid
longer....Still, if you did the implicit flow, you'd have to have
longer access token timeouts as it would be really annoying for the
user to have to login again and again in a long session with your
Angular app.

We have a javascript adapter that does Authz Code Flow with PKCE for
our Angular app.  It also does CORS checks on the code to token XHR
request just in case on the IDP side.

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Stefan Büringer <sbueringer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there were some discussions in January regarding recommendations for
> browser-based apps
> (https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg16874.html).
>
> I'd just like to ask if the Authorization Code Flow with PKCE is a valid
> option for Single-Page-Applications (in our case Angular), because Implicit
> Flow cannot be used in our scenario.
>
> Authorization Code Flow with PKCE eliminates the necessity for client
> secrets, but our concern is that exposing the refresh token to the SPA might
> be a security risk, compared to the Implicit Flow were no refresh token is
> exposed.
>
> What's your take on this?
>
> Kind regards,
> Stefan Büringer
>
> P.S. I couldn't find that much on the internet regarding Authorization Code
> Flow with PKCE in SPAs, if you have some recommendations for good blog posts
> I would be grateful.
>
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