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<title abbrev="OAuth SAML Assertion Profiles">SAML 2.0 Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants</title>
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<author fullname="Brian Campbell" initials="B." surname="Campbell">
<organization abbrev="Ping Identity">Ping Identity</organization>
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<author fullname="Chuck Mortimore" initials="C." surname="Mortimore">
<organization abbrev="Salesforce">Salesforce.com</organization>
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<email>cmortimore@salesforce.com</email>
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<author fullname="Michael B. Jones" surname="Jones" initials="M.B.">
<organization>Microsoft</organization>
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<abstract>
<t>This specification defines the use of a SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion as a means for requesting an OAuth 2.0 access
token as well as for use as a means of client authentication.
</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<middle>
<section title="Introduction" anchor="Introduction">
<t>The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 <xref target="OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os"/>
is an XML-based framework that allows identity and security information to be shared across security domains.
The SAML specification, while primarily targeted at providing cross domain Web browser single sign-on,
was also designed to be modular and extensible to facilitate use in other contexts.
</t>
<t>
The Assertion, an XML security token, is a fundamental construct of SAML that is often adopted
for use in other protocols and specifications.
An Assertion is generally issued by an identity provider and consumed by a service provider who relies
on its content to identify the Assertion's subject for security related purposes.
</t>
<t>
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework <xref target="RFC6749"/> provides
a method for making authenticated HTTP requests to a resource using an access token.
Access tokens are issued to third-party clients by an
authorization server (AS) with the (sometimes implicit) approval of the resource owner.
In OAuth, an authorization grant is an abstract term used to describe
intermediate credentials that represent the resource owner
authorization. An authorization grant is used by the client to obtain an access token.
Several authorization grant types are defined to support a wide range
of client types and user experiences.
OAuth also allows for the definition of new extension grant types
to support additional clients or to provide a bridge between OAuth and other trust frameworks.
Finally, OAuth allows the definition of additional authentication mechanisms to be used by clients when interacting with the authorization server.
</t>
<t>
The Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/> specification
is an abstract extension to OAuth 2.0 that provides a general
framework for the use of Assertions as client credentials and/or authorization grants with OAuth 2.0.
This specification profiles the
Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/> specification
to define an extension grant type that uses a SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion to
request an OAuth 2.0 access token as well as for use as client credentials.
The format and processing rules for the SAML Assertion defined in this specification are intentionally similar,
though not identical, to those in the Web Browser SSO Profile defined in
the SAML Profiles <xref target="OASIS.saml-profiles-2.0-os"/> specification.
This specification is reusing, to the extent reasonable, concepts and patterns from that well-established Profile.
</t>
<t>This document defines how a SAML Assertion can be used to request an access token when a client wishes to utilize an existing trust
relationship, expressed through the semantics of
(and digital signature or keyed message digest calculated over) the SAML Assertion,
without a direct user approval step at the authorization server. It also defines how a SAML Assertion can be used as a client authentication mechanism.
The use of an Assertion for client
authentication is orthogonal to and separable from using an Assertion as an
authorization grant. They can be used either in combination or separately.
Client assertion authentication is nothing more than an alternative way for a client to authenticate
to the token endpoint and must be used in conjunction with some grant type to form a complete and
meaningful protocol request. Assertion authorization grants may be used with or without client authentication
or identification. Whether or not client authentication is needed in conjunction with an assertion authorization
grant, as well as the supported types of client authentication, are policy decisions at the discretion of the authorization server.
</t>
<t>The process by which the client obtains the SAML Assertion, prior to exchanging it with the authorization server or using it for client authentication, is out of scope.</t>
<section title="Notational Conventions" anchor="NotationalConventions">
<t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 <xref target="RFC2119"/>.
</t>
<t>
Unless otherwise noted, all the protocol parameter names and values are case sensitive.
</t>
</section>
<section title='Terminology' anchor='Terminology'>
<t>
All terms are as defined in
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework <xref target="RFC6749"/>,
the Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/>,
and the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 <xref target="OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os"/>
specifications.
</t>
</section>
</section>
<section title="HTTP Parameter Bindings for Transporting Assertions" anchor="Transporting">
<t>
The Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/> specification
defines generic HTTP parameters for transporting Assertions
during interactions with a token endpoint.
This section defines specific parameters and treatments of those parameters
for use with SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertions.
</t>
<section title="Using SAML Assertions as Authorization Grants" anchor="AuthGrants">
<t>
To use a SAML Bearer Assertion as an authorization grant, use an access token request as defined in
Section 4 of the
Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/> specification
with the following specific parameter values and encodings.
</t>
<t>The value of the <spanx style='verb'>grant_type</spanx> parameter MUST be
<spanx style='verb'>urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:saml2-bearer</spanx>.</t>
<t>
The value of the <spanx style='verb'>assertion</spanx> parameter
MUST contain a single SAML 2.0 Assertion. The SAML Assertion XML data
MUST be encoded using base64url,
where the encoding adheres to the definition in Section 5 of RFC 4648 <xref target="RFC4648"/>
and where the padding bits are set to zero.
To avoid the need for subsequent encoding steps
(by "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" <xref target='W3C.REC-html401-19991224'/>, for example),
the base64url encoded data SHOULD NOT be line wrapped and pad characters ("=") SHOULD NOT be included.
</t>
<t>
The <spanx style='verb'>scope</spanx> parameter may be used, as defined in the
Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
<xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/> specification, to indicate the requested scope.
</t>
<t>Authentication of the client is optional, as described in
Section 3.2.1 of OAuth 2.0 <xref target="RFC6749"/> and
consequently, the <spanx style='verb'>client_id</spanx> is only needed
when a form of client authentication that relies on the parameter is used.</t>
<t>The following non-normative example demonstrates an Access Token Request with an assertion as
an authorization grant
(with extra line breaks for display purposes only):</t>
<figure>
<artwork><![CDATA[
POST /token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: as.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Asaml2-bearer&
assertion=PHNhbWxwOl...[omitted for brevity]...ZT4
]]></artwork>
</figure>
</section>
<section title="Using SAML Assertions for Client Authentication" anchor="ClientAuth">
<t>To use a SAML Bearer Assertion for client authentication, use the following parameter values and encodings.</t>
<t>The value of the <spanx style='verb'>client_assertion_type</spanx> parameter MUST be
<spanx style='verb'>urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:saml2-bearer</spanx>.</t>
<t>
The value of the <spanx style='verb'>client_assertion</spanx> parameter
MUST contain a single SAML 2.0 Assertion. The SAML Assertion XML data
MUST be encoded using base64url,
where the encoding adheres to the definition in Section 5 of RFC 4648 <xref target="RFC4648"/>
and where the padding bits are set to zero.
To avoid the need for subsequent encoding steps
(by "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" <xref target='W3C.REC-html401-19991224'/>, for example),
the base64url encoded data SHOULD NOT be line wrapped and pad characters ("=") SHOULD NOT be included.
</t>
<t>The following non-normative example demonstrates a client
authenticating using an assertion during the presentation of an authorization code grant in an
Access Token Request
(with extra line breaks for display purposes only):</t>
<figure>
<artwork><![CDATA[
POST /token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: as.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
grant_type=authorization_code&
code=vAZEIHjQTHuGgaSvyW9hO0RpusLzkvTOww3trZBxZpo&
client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth
%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Asaml2-bearer&
client_assertion=PHNhbW...[omitted for brevity]...ZT
]]></artwork>
</figure>
</section>
</section>
<section title="Assertion Format and Processing Requirements" anchor="Processing">
<t>
In order to issue an access token response as described in
OAuth 2.0 <xref target="RFC6749"/>
or to rely on an Assertion for client authentication,
the authorization server MUST validate the Assertion according to the criteria below.
Application of additional restrictions and policy are at the discretion of the authorization server.
</t>
<t>
<list style="numbers">
<t>The Assertion's <Issuer> element MUST contain a unique identifier for the entity that
issued the Assertion.
In the absence of an application profile specifying
otherwise, compliant applications MUST compare Issuer
values using the Simple String Comparison method defined in Section
6.2.1 of RFC 3986 <xref target="RFC3986"/>.
</t>
<t>The Assertion MUST contain a <Conditions> element with an <AudienceRestriction> element with an <Audience>
element that identifies the
authorization server as an intended audience. Section 2.5.1.4 of
Assertions and Protocols for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language
<xref target="OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os"/>
defines the <AudienceRestriction> and <Audience> elements and, in addition to the
URI references discussed there, the token endpoint URL of the authorization server MAY be used as a URI that identifies the authorization server as an intended audience.
Assertions that do not identify the Authorization Server as an intended audience MUST be rejected.
In the absence of an application profile specifying
otherwise, compliant applications MUST compare the audience
values using the Simple String Comparison method defined in Section
6.2.1 of RFC 3986 <xref target="RFC3986"/>.
</t>
<t>The Assertion MUST contain a <Subject> element identifying the principal that is the subject of the Assertion.
Additional information identifying the subject/principal MAY be included in an <AttributeStatement>.
<list style="letters">
<t> For the authorization grant, the Subject typically identifies an authorized accessor for which the
access token is being requested (i.e., the resource owner or an authorized delegate), but
in some cases, may be a pseudonymous identifier or other value denoting an anonymous user.</t>
<t>
For client authentication, the Subject MUST be the
<spanx style='verb'>client_id</spanx> of the OAuth client.
</t>
</list>
</t>
<t>
The Assertion MUST have an expiry that limits the time window during which it can be used.
The expiry can be expressed either as the NotOnOrAfter attribute
of the <Conditions> element or as the NotOnOrAfter attribute of a suitable <SubjectConfirmationData> element.
</t>
<t>
The <Subject> element MUST contain at least one <SubjectConfirmation>
element that has a Method attribute with a value of
<spanx style='verb'>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer</spanx>.
The <SubjectConfirmation> element MUST contain a <SubjectConfirmationData> element, unless the Assertion has a suitable NotOnOrAfter
attribute on the <Conditions> element, in which case the <SubjectConfirmationData> element MAY be omitted.
When present, the <SubjectConfirmationData> element MUST have a Recipient attribute with a value
indicating the token endpoint URL of the authorization server (or an acceptable alias). The authorization server MUST
verify that the value of the Recipient attribute matches the token endpoint
URL (or an acceptable alias) to which the Assertion was delivered.
The <SubjectConfirmationData> element MUST have a NotOnOrAfter attribute
that limits the window during which the Assertion can be confirmed.
The <SubjectConfirmationData> element MAY also contain an Address attribute limiting
the client address from which the Assertion can be delivered.
Verification of the Address is at the discretion of the authorization server.
</t>
<t>
The authorization server
MUST verify that the NotOnOrAfter instant has not passed, subject to allowable clock skew between systems.
An invalid NotOnOrAfter instant on the <Conditions> element invalidates the entire Assertion.
An invalid NotOnOrAfter instant on a <SubjectConfirmationData> element only invalidates the individual <SubjectConfirmation>.
The authorization server MAY reject Assertions with a NotOnOrAfter instant that is unreasonably far in the future.
The authorization server MAY ensure that Bearer Assertions are not replayed, by maintaining
the set of used ID values for the length of time for which the Assertion would be considered
valid based on the applicable NotOnOrAfter instant.
</t>
<t>If the Assertion issuer authenticated the subject, the Assertion SHOULD contain a single <AuthnStatement>
representing that authentication event. If the Assertion was issued with the intention that the client act autonomously on behalf of
the subject, an <AuthnStatement> SHOULD NOT be included and
the client presenting the assertion SHOULD be identified in the <NameID> or similar element in the <SubjectConfirmation> element, or by other available means like
SAML V2.0 Condition for Delegation Restriction <xref target="OASIS.saml-deleg-cs"/>.
</t>
<t>
Other statements, in particular <AttributeStatement> elements, MAY be included in the
Assertion.
</t>
<t>
The Assertion MUST be digitally signed or have a keyed message digest applied
by the issuer. The authorization server
MUST reject assertions with an invalid signature or keyed message digest.
</t>
<t>Encrypted elements MAY appear in place of their plain text counterparts as defined in
<xref target="OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os"/>.
</t>
<t>The authorization server MUST verify that the Assertion is valid in all other respects per
<xref target="OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os"/>, such as (but not limited to) evaluating all content within the Conditions element including the NotOnOrAfter and NotBefore attributes, rejecting unknown condition types, etc.
</t>
</list>
</t>
<section title="Authorization Grant Processing" anchor="GrantProcessing">
<t>
Assertion authorization grants may be used with or without client authentication
or identification. Whether or not client authentication is needed in
conjunction with an assertion authorization grant, as well as the supported types
of client authentication, are policy decisions at the discretion of the
authorization server. However, if client credentials are present in
the request, the authorization server MUST validate them.
</t>
<t>If the Assertion is not valid (including if its subject confirmation requirements cannot be met), the
authorization server MUST construct an error response as defined in
OAuth 2.0 <xref target="RFC6749"/>.
The value of the <spanx style='verb'>error</spanx> parameter MUST be the
<spanx style='verb'>invalid_grant</spanx> error code. The authorization server
MAY include additional information regarding the reasons the Assertion was considered invalid using the
<spanx style='verb'>error_description</spanx> or <spanx style='verb'>error_uri</spanx> parameters.
<figure>
<preamble>For example:</preamble>
<artwork><![CDATA[
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-store
{
"error":"invalid_grant",
"error_description":"Audience validation failed"
}
]]></artwork>
</figure>
</t>
</section>
<section title="Client Authentication Processing" anchor="ClientProcessing">
<t>If the client Assertion is not valid (including if its subject confirmation requirements cannot be met), the
authorization server MUST construct an error response as defined in
OAuth 2.0 <xref target="RFC6749"/>.
The value of the <spanx style='verb'>error</spanx> parameter MUST be the
<spanx style='verb'>invalid_client</spanx> error code. The authorization server
MAY include additional information regarding the reasons the Assertion was considered invalid using the
<spanx style='verb'>error_description</spanx> or <spanx style='verb'>error_uri</spanx> parameters.
</t>
</section>
</section>
<section title="Authorization Grant Example" anchor="GrantExample">
<t>Though non-normative, the following examples illustrate what a conforming Assertion and access token request would look like.
</t>
<t>
The example shows an assertion issued and signed by the SAML Identity Provider identified as
<spanx style='verb'>https://saml-idp.example.com</spanx>.
The subject of the assertion is identified by email address as <spanx style='verb'>brian@example.com</spanx>,
who authenticated
to the Identity Provider by means of a digital signature where the key was validated as part of an X.509 Public Key Infrastructure.
The intended audience of the assertion is <spanx style='verb'>https://saml-sp.example.net</spanx>,
which is an identifier for a SAML Service Provider with which the authorization server identifies itself.
The assertion is sent as part of an access token request to the authorization server's
token endpoint at <spanx style='verb'>https://authz.example.net/token.oauth2</spanx>.
</t>
<figure title='Example SAML 2.0 Assertion' anchor='assertion'>
<preamble>
Below is an example SAML 2.0 Assertion (whitespace formatting is for
display purposes only):
</preamble>
<artwork><![CDATA[
<Assertion IssueInstant="2010-10-01T20:07:34.619Z"
ID="ef1xsbZxPV2oqjd7HTLRLIBlBb7"
Version="2.0"
xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
<Issuer>https://saml-idp.example.com</Issuer>
<ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
[...omitted for brevity...]
</ds:Signature>
<Subject>
<NameID
Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress">
brian@example.com
</NameID>
<SubjectConfirmation
Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer">
<SubjectConfirmationData
NotOnOrAfter="2010-10-01T20:12:34.619Z"
Recipient="https://authz.example.net/token.oauth2"/>
</SubjectConfirmation>
</Subject>
<Conditions>
<AudienceRestriction>
<Audience>https://saml-sp.example.net</Audience>
</AudienceRestriction>
</Conditions>
<AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2010-10-01T20:07:34.371Z">
<AuthnContext>
<AuthnContextClassRef>
urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:X509
</AuthnContextClassRef>
</AuthnContext>
</AuthnStatement>
</Assertion>
]]></artwork>
</figure>
<figure anchor="http" title="Example Request">
<preamble>
To present the Assertion shown in the previous example as part of an access token request, for example,
the client might make the following HTTPS request
(with extra line breaks for display purposes only):
</preamble>
<artwork><![CDATA[
POST /token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: authz.example.net
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Asaml2-
bearer&assertion=PEFzc2VydGlvbiBJc3N1ZUluc3RhbnQ9IjIwMTEtMDU
[...omitted for brevity...]aG5TdGF0ZW1lbnQ-PC9Bc3NlcnRpb24-
]]></artwork>
</figure>
</section>
<section anchor="Interoperability" title="Interoperability Considerations">
<t>
Agreement between system entities regarding identifiers,
keys, and endpoints is required in order to achieve interoperable
deployments of this profile. Specific items that require agreement are as follows:
values for the issuer and audience identifiers, the location of the token endpoint, the key used to
apply and verify the digital signature over the assertion, one-time use restrictions on assertions,
maximum assertion lifetime allowed, and the specific subject and attribute requirements of the assertion.
The exchange of such information is explicitly out
of scope for this specification and typical deployment of it will be done
alongside existing SAML Web SSO deployments that have already established a means of
exchanging such information.
Metadata for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0
<xref target="OASIS.saml-metadata-2.0-os"/>
is one common method of exchanging SAML related information about system entities.
</t>
</section>
<section anchor="Security" title="Security Considerations">
<!--<t>All drafts are required to have a security considerations section.
See
<xref target="RFC3552">RFC 3552</xref>
for a guide.
</t> -->
<t>
The security considerations described within the Assertion Framework for
OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants <xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/>,
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework <xref target="RFC6749"/>, and the Security and Privacy
Considerations for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0
<xref target="OASIS.saml-sec-consider-2.0-os"/> specifications are all applicable to this document.
</t><t>
The specification does not mandate replay protection for the SAML
assertion usage for either the authorization grant or for client
authentication. It is an optional feature, which implementations may employ at their own discretion.
</t>
<!-- "8. Security considerations - you could probably just refer to the core
OAuth spec and to the SAML spec here, but see RFC 3552 for insights." - Peter Saint-Andre -->
</section>
<section anchor="Privacy" title="Privacy Considerations">
<t>
A SAML Assertion may contain privacy-sensitive information and, to prevent disclosure of such information
to unintended parties, should only be transmitted over encrypted channels, such as TLS. In cases where
it is desirable to prevent disclosure of certain information the client, the Subject and/or individual
attributes of a SAML Assertion should be encrypted to the authorization server.
</t>
<t>
Deployments should determine the minimum amount of information necessary to complete the exchange and
include only that information in an Assertion (typically by limiting what information is included in
an <AttributeStatement> or omitting it altogether). In some cases, the Subject can be a value representing
an anonymous or pseudonymous user, as described in Section 6.3.1 of the Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0
Client Authentication and Authorization Grants <xref target="I-D.ietf-oauth-assertions"/>.
</t>
</section>
<section title='IANA Considerations' anchor="IANA">
<section title='Sub-Namespace Registration of urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:saml2-bearer'
anchor="grant-type_reg">
<t>
This is a request to IANA to please register the value
<spanx style='verb'>grant-type:saml2-bearer</spanx> in the
registry urn:ietf:params:oauth established in
An IETF URN Sub-Namespace for OAuth <xref target="RFC6755"/>.
<list style='symbols'>
<t>URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:saml2-bearer</t>
<t>Common Name: SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion Grant Type Profile for OAuth 2.0</t>
<t>Change controller: IETF</t>
<t>Specification Document: [[this document]]</t>
</list>
</t>
</section>
<section title='Sub-Namespace Registration of urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:saml2-bearer'
anchor="client-assertion-type_reg">
<t>
This is a request to IANA to please register the value
<spanx style='verb'>client-assertion-type:saml2-bearer</spanx> in the
registry urn:ietf:params:oauth established in
An IETF URN Sub-Namespace for OAuth <xref target="RFC6755"/>.
<list style='symbols'>
<t>URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:saml2-bearer</t>
<t>Common Name: SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication </t>
<t>Change controller: IETF</t>
<t>Specification Document: [[this document]]</t>
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<title abbrev="OAuth Assertion Framework">Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants</title>
<author fullname="Brian Campbell" initials="B." surname="Campbell">
<organization abbrev="Ping Identity">Ping Identity</organization>
</author>
<author fullname="Chuck Mortimore" initials="C." surname="Mortimore">
<organization abbrev="Salesforce">Salesforce.com</organization>
</author>
<author fullname="Michael B. Jones" initials="M.B." surname="Jones">
<organization abbrev="Microsoft">Microsoft</organization>
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<author fullname="Yaron Y. Goland" initials="Y.Y." surname="Goland">
<organization abbrev="Microsoft">Microsoft</organization>
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<date day="23" month="July" year="2014" />
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<title abbrev='SAML2 DEL'>SAML V2.0 Condition for Delegation Restriction</title>
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The following people contributed wording and concepts to this document:
Paul Madsen, Patrick Harding, Peter Motykowski, Eran Hammer, Peter Saint-Andre,
Ian Barnett, Eric Fazendin, Torsten Lodderstedt, Susan Harper, Scott Tomilson,
Scott Cantor, Hannes Tschofenig, David Waite,
Phil Hunt, and Mukesh Bhatnagar.
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[[ to be removed by RFC editor before publication as an RFC ]]
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-21
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Added Privacy Considerations section per AD review discussion http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg13148.html and http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg13144.html
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-20
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Clarified some text around the treatment of subject based on the rough rough consensus from the thread staring at http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12630.html
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-19
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Updated references.
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-18
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<t>Clean up language around subject per http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12254.html.</t>
<t>As suggested in http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12253.html stated that
"In the absence of an application profile specifying
otherwise, compliant applications MUST compare the audience/issuer
values using the Simple String Comparison method defined in Section
6.2.1 of RFC 3986."
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<t>Clarify the potentially confusing language about the AS confirming the assertion http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12255.html.</t>
<t>Combine the two items about AuthnStatement and drop the word presenter as discussed in http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12257.html.</t>
<t>Added one-time use, maximum lifetime, and specific subject and attribute requirements to Interoperability Considerations based on http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12252.html.</t>
<t>Reword security considerations and mention that replay protection is not mandated based on http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg12259.html.</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-17
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Stated that issuer and audience values
SHOULD be compared using the
Simple String Comparison method defined in
Section 6.2.1 of RFC 3986
unless otherwise specified by the application.
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-16
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Changed title from "SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion Profiles for OAuth 2.0"
to "SAML 2.0 Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants"
to be more explicit about the scope of the document per
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg11063.html.
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<t>
Fixed typo in text identifying the presenter from "or similar element, the"
to "or similar element in the".
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Numbered the list of processing rules.
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Smallish editorial cleanups to try and improve readability and comprehensibility.
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Cleaner split out of the processing rules in cases where they differ
for client authentication and authorization grants.
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Clarified the parameters that are used/available for authorization grants.
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Added Interoperability Considerations section and info reference to SAML Metadata.
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Added more explanatory context to the example in Section 4.
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-15
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<t>Reference RFC 6749 and RFC 6755.</t>
<t>Update draft-ietf-oauth-assertions reference to -06.</t>
<t>Remove extraneous word per http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg10055.html</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-14
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<t>Add more text to intro explaining that an assertion grant type can be used with or without client
authentication/identification and that client assertion authentication is nothing more than an alternative way for a client to authenticate to the token endpoint</t>
<t>Add examples to Sections 2.1 and 2.2</t>
<t>Update references</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-13
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<t>Update references: oauth-assertions-04, oauth-urn-sub-ns-05, oauth -28</t>
<t>Changed "Description" to "Specification Document" in both registration requests in IANA Considerations per changes to the template in ietf-oauth-urn-sub-ns(-03)</t>
<t>Added "(or an acceptable alias)" so that it's in both sentences about Recipient and the token endpoint URL so there's no ambiguity</t>
<t>Update area and workgroup (now Security and OAuth was Internet and nothing)</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-12
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<t>updated reference to draft-ietf-oauth-v2 from -25 to -26 and draft-ietf-oauth-assertions from -02 to -03</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-11
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<t>Removed text about limited lifetime access tokens
and the SHOULD NOT on issuing refresh tokens. The text
was moved to draft-ietf-oauth-assertions-02 and
somewhat modified per
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg08298.html.</t>
<t>Fixed typo/missing word per
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg08733.html.</t>
<t>Added Terminology section.</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-10
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<t>fix a spelling mistake</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-09
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<t>Attempt to address an ambiguity around validation requirements when the Conditions element contain a NotOnOrAfter and SubjectConfirmation/SubjectConfirmationData does too. Basically it needs to have at least one bearer SubjectConfirmation element but that element can omit SubjectConfirmationData, if Conditions has an expiry on it. Otherwise, a valid SubjectConfirmation must have a SubjectConfirmationData with Recipient and NotOnOrAfter. And any SubjectConfirmationData that has those elements needs to have them checked. </t>
<t>clarified that AudienceRestriction is under Conditions (even though it's implied by schema)</t>
<t>fix a typo</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-08
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<t>fix some typos</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-07
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<t>update reference from draft-campbell-oauth-urn-sub-ns to draft-ietf-oauth-urn-sub-ns</t>
<t>Updated to reference draft-ietf-oauth-v2-20</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-06
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<t>Fix three typos NamseID->NameID and (2x) Namspace->Namespace</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-05
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<t>Allow for subject confirmation data to be optional when Conditions contain audience and NotOnOrAfter</t>
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Rework most of the spec to profile draft-ietf-oauth-assertions for both authn and authz including (but not limited to):
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<t>change wording on Subject requirements</t>
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<t>using a MAY, explicitly say that the Audience can be token endpoint URL of the authorization server</t>
<t>Change title to be more generic (allowing for client authn too)</t>
<t>added client authentication to the abstract</t>
<t>register and use urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:saml2-bearer for grant type rather than http://oauth.net/grant_type/saml/2.0/bearer</t>
<t>register urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:saml2-bearer</t>
<t>remove scope parameter as it is defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-assertions</t>
<t>remove assertion param registration because it [should] be in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-assertions</t>
<t>fix typo(s) and update/add references</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-04
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Changed the grant_type URI from "http://oauth.net/grant_type/assertion/saml/2.0/bearer" to
"http://oauth.net/grant_type/saml/2.0/bearer" - dropping the word assertion from the path.
Recent versions of draft-ietf-oauth-v2 no longer refer to extension grants using the word assertion so
this URI is more reflective of that. It also more closely aligns with the grant type URI in
draft-jones-oauth-jwt-bearer-00 which is "http://oauth.net/grant_type/jwt/1.0/bearer".
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<t>Added "case sensitive" to scope definition to align with draft-ietf-oauth-v2-15/16.</t>
<t>Updated to reference draft-ietf-oauth-v2-16</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-03
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<t>Cleanup of some editorial issues.</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-02
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<t>Added scope parameter with text copied from draft-ietf-oauth-v2-12 (the reorg of draft-ietf-oauth-v2-12 made it so scope wasn't really inherited by this spec anymore) </t>
<t>Change definition of the assertion parameter to be more generally applicable per the suggestion near the end of http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg05253.html</t>
<t>Editorial changes based on feedback</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-01
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<t>Update spec name when referencing draft-ietf-oauth-v2 (The OAuth 2.0 Protocol Framework -> The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol)</t>
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Update wording in Introduction to talk about extension grant types rather than the assertion grant type which is a term no longer used in OAuth 2.0
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<t>Updated to reference draft-ietf-oauth-v2-12 and denote as work in progress</t>
<t>Update Parameter Registration Request to use similar terms as draft-ietf-oauth-v2-12 and remove Related information part</t>
<t>Add some text giving discretion to AS on rejecting assertions with unreasonably long validity window.</t>
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draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer-00
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<t>Added Parameter Registration Request for "assertion" to IANA Considerations.</t>
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Changed document name to draft-ietf-oauth-saml2-bearer in anticipation of becoming an OAUTH WG item.
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<t>Attempt to move the entire definition of the 'assertion' parameter into this draft (it will no longer be defined in OAuth 2 Protocol Framework). </t>
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draft-campbell-oauth-saml-01
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Updated to reference draft-ietf-oauth-v2-11 and reflect changes from -10 to -11.
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<t>Updated examples.</t>
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Relaxed processing rules to allow for more than one SubjectConfirmation element.
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Removed the 'MUST NOT contain a NotBefore attribute' on SubjectConfirmationData.
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Relaxed wording that ties the subject of the Assertion to the resource owner.
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<t>Added some wording about identifying the client when the subject hasn't directly authenticated including an informative reference to SAML V2.0 Condition for Delegation Restriction.</t>
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Added a few examples to the language about verifying that the
Assertion is valid in all other respects.
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Added some wording to the introduction about the similarities to Web SSO in the format and processing rules
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Changed the grant_type (was assertion_type) URI from http://oauth.net/assertion_type/saml/2.0/bearer
to http://oauth.net/grant_type/assertion/saml/2.0/bearer
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<t>Changed title to include "Grant Type" in it.</t>
<t>Editorial updates based on feedback from the WG and others (including capitalization of Assertion when referring to SAML).</t>
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draft-campbell-oauth-saml-00
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Initial I-D
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