OAuth is a widely used authorization framework that enables third-party applications to access resources on behalf of a user. However, it has been historically difficult to meet very high security and interoperability requirements when using OAuth. Daniel and Joseph have spent much of the last five years working to improve the state of the art and will present the latest developments in the field.
There are challenges when trying to achieve high security and interoperability with OAuth 2: Many potential threats need to be addressed, some not part of the original OAuth threat model. To seamless authorizations, optionality must be minimized OAuth itself and also in any extensions
used.
Six years ago, the IETF OAuth working group started work on the Security Best Current Practice document and more recently on OAuth 2.1. Meanwhile, the OpenID Foundation has created FAPI1 and FAPI2 security profiles.
We will introduce these specifications and help you understand the focus of each document and when to use which. We show how to achieve on-the-wire interoperability and high security through the use of techniques like asymmetric client authentication and sender-constraining via DPoP and MTLS. We highlight the benefits for implementers and the role of conformance testing tools.
