Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases with several ASs built along "Privacy by Design" (PbD)
Francis Pouatcha <fpo@adorsys.de> Wed, 12 August 2020 11:51 UTC
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Subject: Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases with several ASs built along "Privacy by Design" (PbD)
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Hello Fabian, inline On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 4:02 AM Fabien Imbault <fabien.imbault@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Francis, > > My comments are embedded into your email with FI. > > You're saying in a follow-up message: > "- If you want privacy, *don't* expose RS identity to AS. > - If you want transparency, expose RS identity to AS. > You can't have both...." > While that may seem a reasonable dichotomy at first sight, I believe the > reality is actually more nuanced and depends on how we end up designing the > system. > > Cheers, > Fabien > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 11:27 PM Francis Pouatcha <fpo@adorsys.de> wrote: > >> Hello Fabian, >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 2:17 AM Fabien Imbault <fabien.imbault@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Francis, >>> >>> I think Denis points to the fact that, in the current situation, the AS >>> receives the resource request from the Client and therefore knows what >>> tokens are asked. >>> >> The token request must not mention any reference of the RS. >> > > FI : yes we can do that, but as Tom commented, it's not a general rule. > And for instance in XYZ you do describe the URL of the resource. See also > the use case on directed tokens, which is an interesting topic which makes > sense in many scenarios. > Yes. But disclosing the protected resource discloses the RS. But as soon as you include that possibility, it's fair to think that this > capability could be used for surveillance purposes in some cases, unless > you found a privacy by design scheme that applies by default. > Yes. THen default shall be using URI of resource description and not URL to indicate resource location. Again this doesn't mean that transparency requirements aren't important > too, but I think there are other ways it can be achieved (for instance, an > inspiration is the certificate transparency project). Could be an extension > to the protocol I believe. > The certificate transparency deals with something else. Does not fit in this context at all. > > >> >>> Then it also implements the consent interface (and possibly the login >>> too) and so it also knows who validates and what is accepted or not. >>> >> Decoupling this does not change the privacy context, as the AS issues the >> Token. AS needs to add a reference to the RC in the token. SO AS can >> correlate on StudentId anyway. >> > > FI : I disagree. It does change the privacy context, if as Denis > suggested, the consent is made outside of the AS and if you don't send to > the AS the information on the RS when it needs to issue the token. > Correlation on StudentId is limited as long as it's a local identifier, > i.e. not a public DID. > How local can the StudentId be? It is known to both universities and to the AS. Without a public reference, you can not link information between unrelated entities (AS, UNIV-0 and UNIV-1). Using VCs can help here. Then you do not need central AS anymore. > > As a concrete example: a user may want to use an application to access > rs_domain/directory1 and rs_domain/directory2 in read and write, which are > managed by a RO. > What I suggested is that the Client may (optionally) carry out its consent > through a decoupled IS server (separated from the AS), that displays the UI > based on the RS requirements => the IS knows what information is used, but > the IS may be chosen by the IS independently from the AS or even run by the > Client itself. > What do you need an AS for? Then it can sign the claim to present to RS. > In this case, suppose the RO only provided consent for > rs_domain/directory1 for read. > We now need to get back to the AS to mint the access token. > If AS mint access token, AS will be able to correlate. Unless start applying intransparent complex reference mapping techniques, wich might even open room for new attack vectors. > If we want the AS to not know about the RS, we either : > - don't supply the rs_domain at all -> the JWT says that directory1 in > read access is authorized. The downside is that we actually cannot control > to which URL the authorization applies. In that case I agree with your > either or statement. > Yes > - or find a way to hide it (not sure if that's practical, hence my > questions on RS hiding). This would have the benefit of still allowing > directed tokens -> the JWT says that rs_petname/directory1 in read access > is authorized. > More complexity. > > Either way, the AS has not been provided any information as to where this > token will effectively be used. > >> >>> I don't think the abstract flow deals with those privacy concerns. >>> >> To solve the privacy problem addressed in this thread, we need to go the >> (SSI/DiD/VC) way. Then UNIV-0 (in his role of RS) will have to issue a VC >> (Verifiable Credential) to the Student (in his role of RC). The Student >> will then present this claim to UNIV-1 during his registration. In this >> case we need no Grant negotiation and no AS. >> > > FI : That may be useful but it's not enough. What you describe only works > because you take a very specific use case, aka registration. This fits well > into DID/VC without requiring authorization per say. However grant > negotiation is still required for more general settings of authorization. > Please drop the next use case in the repo, so we can dive deeper into it and see how to provide both central grant negotiation and privacy. I've added a DID example to my implementation, will publish it soon. > > >> Best regards. >> /Francis >> >>> >> >>> >>> Then I agree with you on the audience field of the token, if left empty >>> it simplifies part of the problem, although it removes a big part of the >>> control you may want from directed tokens. That's why I'm willing to better >>> develop the RS hiding idea. >>> >>> Fabien >>> >>> Le mar. 11 août 2020 à 05:58, Francis Pouatcha <fpo= >>> 40adorsys.de@dmarc.ietf.org> a écrit : >>> >>>> Hello Denis, >>>> >>>> what you describe in the use case seems to be the default behavior of >>>> the protocol. Let me map it with this abstract protocol flow: >>>> >>>> +-----------+ +--------------+ +-----------+ +----+ >>>> +---------------------+ >>>> | Requestor | | Orchestrator | | RS | | GS | | Resource >>>> Controller | >>>> | is UNIV-1 | | is UNIV-1 | | is UNIV-0 | | or | | >>>> is | >>>> | Staff | | Registr. App | | Server | | AS | | >>>> Student | >>>> +-----------+ +--------------+ +-----------+ +----+ >>>> +---------------------+ >>>> |(1) RegisterStudent | | | >>>> | >>>> |---------------------->| | | >>>> | >>>> | |(2) RequestRecordIntent(RecordType,StudentId, >>>> | | >>>> OrchestratorId):AuthRequest[RecordType,StudentId] >>>> | |<-------------->| | >>>> | >>>> | | | | >>>> | >>>> | |(3) >>>> AuthZRequest(RecordType,StudentId,OrchestratorId) >>>> | |--------------------------->| >>>> | >>>> | | | |(4) >>>> ConsentRequest(RecordType, >>>> | | | | >>>> OrchestratorId):Consent >>>> | | | >>>> |<-------------->| >>>> | >>>> |(5) AuthZ[RecordType,StudentId,OrchestratorId] >>>> | |<---------------------------| >>>> | >>>> | | | | >>>> | >>>> | |(2) >>>> RequestRecord(RecordType,StudentId,OrchestratorId) >>>> | | :RecordOf[StudentId] | >>>> | >>>> | |<-------------->| | >>>> | >>>> |(7) Registered | | | >>>> | >>>> |<----------------------| | | >>>> | >>>> + + + + >>>> + >>>> >>>> we assume the authz request sent by "Client" to "AS" describes the >>>> protected resource without referring to the authz server. An AS can issue >>>> the authz to release the graduation record of a student >>>> ((5) AuthZ[RecordType,StudentId,OrchestratorId]), without any reference to >>>> the target university. >>>> >>>> What matters for this authz object is: >>>> - StudentId: a reference to the student as known to the resource server. >>>> - RecordType: a reference to a resource of type graduation record as >>>> understandable by the resource server. >>>> - OrchestratorId: reference to the Orchestrator. Can be used to bind >>>> authz to Orchestrator. >>>> >>>> But: >>>> - RS must trust AS issued token. >>>> - StudentId must be known to RS, AS and Orchestrator. >>>> >>>> Therefore, the AS does not need to know the RS. Keep the audience field >>>> empty. >>>> >>>> Same principle applies for the second use case. >>>> >>>> What privacy problem do you see here? >>>> >>>> Best regards. >>>> /Francis >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:08 AM Denis <denis.ietf@free.fr> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I tried my best twice to download three use cases in the Use cases >>>>> directory, but I failed. >>>>> >>>>> Rather than failing a third time, here is the direct link of the >>>>> second try: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/ietf-wg-gnap/general/wiki/Three-Client-Server-use-cases-with-several-ASs-built-along-%22Privacy-by-Design%22-(PbD) >>>>> >>>>> Denis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- Francis Pouatcha Co-Founder and Technical Lead adorsys GmbH & Co. KG https://adorsys-platform.de/solutions/
- [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases with sever… Denis
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Tom Jones
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Tom Jones
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Dick Hardt
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Denis
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Denis
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Fabien Imbault
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Justin Richer
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha
- Re: [GNAP] [Txauth] Three Client-Server use cases… Francis Pouatcha