[Openid-specs-ab] SIOP Scope proposal

Tobias Looker tobias.looker at mattr.global
Thu Dec 3 00:42:30 UTC 2020


Hi Tom,

In conventional OpenID Connect (the model that is most widely used and
deployed today), its assumed that the OpenID Provider is an HTTP based
Authorization server (due the foundation of OAuth2.0). The self issued
chapter however contemplates the question, what if the provider is instead
an application running on the end users device such as a native app or PWA?
This point is designed to address the issues associated with doing just
that.

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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:35 PM Tom Jones via Openid-specs-ab <
openid-specs-ab at lists.openid.net> wrote:

> not sure i understand the point of 3 - RP-OP colocation - pls provide a
> use case
> Peace ..tom
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:00 PM Tobias Looker via Openid-specs-ab <
> openid-specs-ab at lists.openid.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Over the past while, there has been a lot of interest and work going into
>> a revision to chapter 7 of the OpenID Connect Core chapter (Self Issued
>> Provider). It is my impression that because this chapter originally aimed
>> to solve several quite large problems, we would benefit from classifying
>> these better to ensure we can have the most productive conversations
>> possible. My proposal, that I have already informally raised on the Pacific
>> AB WG call, is to break apart the scope of SIOP into 5 separate problems.
>>
>> 1. Enabling portable subject identifiers between providers - Define how
>> to use techniques such as asymmetric cryptography and higher level
>> technologies like Decentralized Identifiers to create subject identifiers
>> that are not intrinsically bound to a particular OP and hence can be ported
>> between providers.
>> 2. Solving for provider discovery and registration - Evaluating solutions
>> to problems like the nascar problem, how does an RP come to have a
>> relationship with an OP or understand its capabilities along with what role
>> the user plays in this selection/discovery process.
>> 3. RP - OP co-location on the same device - Dealing with the unique
>> requirements that are brought about when the OP the RP is communicating
>> with is on the same device (e.g in the form of a PWA or Native App), rather
>> than a traditional Authorization server.
>> 4. Credential Issuance support - Issuing credentials from OpenID Connect
>> flows.
>> 5. Credential Presentation support - Presenting credentials in OpenID
>> Connect flows.
>>
>> Its important to note that in my opinion only problems 1,2 and 3 were in
>> the original scope of the SIOP chapter however due to the continued
>> evolution of the SSI/Decentralized Identity and Verifiable Credential
>> space, many uses cases that SIOP has come to be associated with involve
>> verifiable credentials and there for problems 4. and 5. should be addressed.
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> *Tobias Looker*
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