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Transcript
Rethinking Token-based Security: OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice Manfred
Steyer SOFTWAREarchitekt.at ManfredSteyer
Contents State of the Art Issues leading to new Best
Practices Proposed Solution Token Refresh HTTP-only Cookies
About me… • Manfred Steyer SOFTWAREarchitekt.at • Angular Trainings and
Consultancy • Google Developer Expert (GDE) • Trusted Collaborator in the Angular Team Page ▪ 3 Manfred Steyer Public: Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna In-House: everywhere http://softwarearchitekt.at/workshops
State of the Art
Flow Folie▪ 5 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 1. Redirection 2. Redirection
w/ Access-Token 3. Access-Token One central user account Only Auth-Svr. sees the Password Auth. decoupled from Client Tokens provide flexibility No Cookies: No XSRF
Most Popular Solution: OAuth 2 and OpenId Connect
Implicit Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 7 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 1.
Redirection 2. Redirection w/ Access-Token and Id-Token 3. Access-Token Format: JSON Web Token (JWT)
Issues
None
Current Best Practices Document advices against Implicit Flow
There are possible attacks! However, this is not new for
us!
None
Have we been that naive in the last 6+ years?
No!
All serious implementations used Implicit Flow together with Best Practices
to prevent those attacks!
OpenId Connect enforces such Best Practices!
Implicit Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 16 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 1.
Redirection 2. Redirection w/ Access-Token and Id-Token
Implicit Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 17 Client Attacker Resource-Server Hyperlink
with Attacker's w/ Access-Token and Id-Token
Implicit Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 18 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 1.
Redirection 2. Redirection w/ Access-Token and Id-Token Part of the URL! Browser History? Server Logs?
Proposed Solution
Code Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 20 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 1.
Redirection 2. Redirection w/ Code
Code Flow w/ OIDC Folie▪ 21 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server 3.
AJAX Code 4. Redirection w/ Access-Token and Id-Token 5. Access-Token
Code Flow + PKCE w/ OIDC Folie▪ 22 Client Authorization-Server
Resource-Server 1. Redirection + Hash(verifier) 2. Redirection w/ Code Hash(verifier) verifier
Code Flow + PKCE w/ OIDC Folie▪ 23 Client Authorization-Server
Resource-Server 3. AJAX Code + verifier 4. Redirection w/ Access-Token and Id-Token 5. Access-Token Hash(verifier) verifier verifier
Code Flow + PKCE w/ OIDC Folie▪ 24 Client Authorization-Server
Stealing Tokens using XSS
Solutions Prevent XSS by using frameworks Look into CSP (Content
Security Policy) Short-living Tokens (~ 10 min)
Token Refresh Page ▪ 26
Refresh Token Folie▪ 27 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server Redirection w/ Access-Token
und Id-Token and Refresh-Token
Refresh Token Folie▪ 28 Client Authorization-Server Resource-Server Refresh-Token Redirection w/
Access-Token und Id-Token and new Refresh-Token
Officially, Refresh Tokens are forbidden in the browser as they
can be stolen too (XSS).
Allowed by the Best Practices Document if … • Know
threats and take care of them (XSS!) • Refresh-Token is an one time token! • Log out users if used more than once!
None
Alternative: HTTP-Only Cookies
The savest way to store tokens in the browser are
HTTP Only Cookies!
Client Resource-Server Authorization-Server Resource-Server2 Access-Token Tunnle through backend Prevent XSRF
with XSRF-Tokens Needs to be aware of Web Client ("Backend for Frontend") Consequences Same Origin Policy
Conclusion Implicit Flow: Don't panic! New solutions: Code Flow +
PKCE Refresh Tokens are allowed HTTP-only Cookies: Most secure but inconvinient
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Slides & Examples Public: Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna In-House: everywhere http://softwarearchitekt.at/workshops