Re: [OAUTH-WG] Dynamic Client Registration & Key Naming of JWKS

[Justin Richer <[e-mail]>]

If you're using them for the token endpoint, you set your 
token_endpoint_authorization_method to a method that supports it (which 
we don't define in OAuth but other protocols and profiles do). Then 
you'll usually reference them using the 'kid' field defined in JWK, or 
you might just use the only key that's been registered (it's very common 
for a client  to have only one key), or you might pass the JWK URI 
directly (in the "jku" header), or several other methods. If you're 
using them for some other piece of interaction (of which there are 
several defined and in the wild already), then the same rubric applies. 
This is all discussed in the JOSE documents, such as this section in JWS:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature-41#appendix-D

What we're providing is a hook for higher level protocols, not a 
determination of how exactly to use it. All of these uses will reference 
back to the client performing the action, which can be correlated to the 
JWK set referenced in the registration below.

  -- Justin

On 3/5/2015 6:37 AM, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
> Hi Justin, Hi all,
>
> In context of the draft-ietf-oauth-pop-key-distribution-01 update we
> just ran into a question regarding key naming.
>
> The Dynamic Client Registration Protocol defines these two parameters
> that allow a client to upload a public key to the authorization server:
>
>     jwks_uri
>        URL referencing the client's JSON Web Key Set [JWK] document,
>        which contains the client's public keys.  The value of this field
>        MUST point to a valid JWK Set document.  These keys can be used by
>        higher level protocols that use signing or encryption.  For
>        instance, these keys might be used by some applications for
>        validating signed requests made to the token endpoint when using
>        JWTs for client authentication [OAuth.JWT].  Use of this parameter
>        is preferred over the "jwks" parameter, as it allows for easier
>        key rotation.  The "jwks_uri" and "jwks" parameters MUST NOT both
>        be present in the same request or response.
>     jwks
>        Client's JSON Web Key Set [JWK] document value, which contains the
>        client's public keys.  The value of this field MUST be a JSON
>        object containing a valid JWK Set. These keys can be used by
>        higher level protocols that use signing or encryption.  This
>        parameter is intended to be used by clients that cannot use the
>        "jwks_uri" parameter, such as native clients that cannot host
>        public URLs.  The "jwks_uri" and "jwks" parameters MUST NOT both
>        be present in the same request or response.
>
> Now, the question is how these keys are actually referenced? What do I
> need to indicate to select a specific key when I want to use these keys.
>
> Ciao
> Hannes
>
>
>
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