[Openid-specs-mobile-profile] Client credential lifecycle mgmt for Native Apps

Wed Apr 22 18:08:24 UTC 2015

Torsten,
Yes, I’ll update the draft based on today’s discussion and agreement.

BR,
Bjorn

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Hi all,

we had an intensive discussion in the call and came to the following consensus:

Our working assumption is option 2.

The software statement is issued during development time whereas the client obtains the actual client_id/client_secret (for a particular MNO) at runtime using dynamic client registration (typically when it is about to interact with a particular MNO for the first time).

In worst case, this approach could result in scalability problems of the OP if it has to manage billions of client credentials. We will therefore add implementation guidelines to the spec, which describe or refer to ways to implement client credential management in a stateless way (e.g. use software statement as client id or encode client data within the client_id/secret).

@Bjorn: Please add this to the draft. Thanks.

We also discussed the option to use software statements “by reference”. In this case, the client would just refer to its statement via an URL and the registration endpoint would obtain the statement from the issuers directly. This has two advantages:

-          The statement can be changed to reflect changes regarding the configuration/authorization of the client (w/o the need to rollout a new client version)

-          The payload of registration requests is smaller
On the other hand, impact on availability requirements and security need to be investigated.

Best regards,
Torsten.

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Dear all,

I’m pretty in line with option 2.
However, I must admit that having to manage hundreds of thousands of application credentials (multiplied by the number of partners) could be a disadvantage for some OP, and not for other OP.
Do we have really to choose between the 2 options? or said in another way, can we imagine that some OP could provide option 1, and others option 2 ? More than this, we can imagine that some OP would provide the 2 options, according the business and partner context. In any case, option 2 reinforces security and I like it.

My 2 cts
Kind regards,
Philippe

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Hi Gonzalo,

interesting comment. So far I assumed the service provider would need to sign Terms of Service for every MNO and the MNOs the SP had signed up for would be carried in the software statement.

Mapping this to your use case would mean to issue and roll out a new software statement - so no benefit with respect to this use case.

Best regards,
Torsten.
Am 13. April 2015 11:03:03 MESZ, schrieb GONZALO FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ <gonzalo.fernandezrodriguez at telefonica.com<mailto:gonzalo.fernandezrodriguez at telefonica.com>>:
Hi guys,

I don't have a clear preference on which is the best option, however I see another "pro" in the second one, I think it offers a smooth integration in case of a new operator is on boarded in Mobile Connect because is transparent for the Service Providers. If a user that belongs to the new operator is going to be authenticated, once the operator is discovered, the Service Provider would only have to send a registration request without needing to be aware if the operator is new or not in Mobile Connect. I don't know how could manage this scenario using the first approach.

Best,
Gonza.

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Asunto: [Openid-specs-mobile-profile] Client credential lifecycle mgmt for Native Apps

Hi all,

during the working session at IIW it became apparent that we don’t have a consent on the way client credentials are managed for native apps in the context of the mobile profile. As this an important design consideration, which will drive not only the registration spec but also considerations with respect to signature algorithms and so on, I would like to come to a consensus on that topic soon.

There are basically two options:

1)      All instances of a native app (== the software package) share the same identity. This typically means, the app is registered as a so-called public client with the AS/OP and only gets issued a client_id. In the context of the mobile profile, I would assume the developer registers with a developer portal and gets issued distinct client_ids per MNO (a pair of issuer and client_id). At runtime, the app can decide based on the outcome of the discovery process which client_id to use for the respective MNO.

2)      Every instance of a native app on a device is registered with the MNO. This would typically happen when the user uses the login with a certain MNO on this device for the first time. So the app first would discover the MNO and determine whether it already is in possession of client credentials for this particular MNO (based on its Issuer). If not, it would send a registration request to the MNO.

I see the following pros and cons:

Option (1) is established practice (except the fact an app managing several client ids for different OPs). So developers know how to work that way. Software statements could be used to automate the way client ids are obtain in the deployment process. But there are other ways as well.

Option (2) is a new approach. It has the advantage to provide every instance with a distinct credential, which allows to recognize and authenticate this instance later on. It could be used to prevent authz code theft on the device, something we already have SPOP for (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-spop-10 - sorry John, forgot the new acronym). Do you see other advantages? On the other hand, this option would require the OP to implement credential management for potentially a lot of client instances. This will be a challenge with respect to state management on the OP’s side.

Please comment on this topic.

Thanks in Advance,
Torsten.

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