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Re: [OAUTH-WG] Token Mediating and session Information Backend For Frontend (TMI BFF)

Warren Parad <wparad@rhosys.ch> Sun, 14 February 2021 13:53 UTC

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From: Warren Parad <wparad@rhosys.ch>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:53:21 +0100
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To: Stoycho Sleptsov <stoycho.sleptsov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Token Mediating and session Information Backend For Frontend (TMI BFF)
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Why doesn't PKCE help for authentication?

Warren Parad

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On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 2:48 PM Stoycho Sleptsov <stoycho.sleptsov@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would like to add my reasons about the "Why are developers creating BFF
> for their frontends to communicate with an AS",
> with the objective to verify if they are valid.
>
> I need the client app. to be authenticated at the AS (to determine if it
> is a first-party app., for example).
> If we decide to implement our client as a frontend SPA , then we have no
> other option except through a BFF, as PKCE does not help for authentication.
>
> Or is it considered a bad practice to do that?
>
> Regards,
> Stoycho.
>

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