[woes] Preview of Google API support for OAuth2 assertion flow

[Eric Sachs <[e-mail]>]

Last month we announced support for Google App Engine apps to create signed
JWTs, such as for use in an OAuth2 assertion flows.  We are now providing a
preview of the ability for developers to make API calls to Google using
OAuth2 assertions in JWT format.  The documentation (including pointers to
sample apps and their source code) is at:

https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/Home/google-oauth2-assertion-flow

As we discussed at the InternetIdentityWorkshop, we are interested in
working with vendors in interop using these techniques.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Eric Sachs <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Subject: Native JWT support in Google App Engine
To: [e-mail]


Google has just added native support for JWT to Google App Engine.  Here is
the documentation:

https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/authenticate-google-app-engine-app

Our hope is to work with other players in the cloud computing space to
improve some elements of cloud security by using PKI, JWT & OAuth2 for
interop between our systems.

Based on past industry discussion, we wroteup a description of some of the
general interop use-cases:

https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/robotaccounts/cloudtoonpremise

https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/robotaccounts/onpremisetocloud

While this new feature in Google App Engine is a significant step for
Google, we realize there is more to do on our side such as adding support
for JWT assertions in our recently announced OAuth2 support for Google
APIs<http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-auth-easier-oauth-20-for-google.html>.
 However we would prefer to get feedback from this group on a standard
approach, including around key rotation/management.

Eric Sachs
Senior Product Manager, Internet Identity
Google