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On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 12:05 PM Brian Campbell <bcampb...@pingidentity.com>
wrote:

>
> If I might offer an observation...
>
> The draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list draft is (or can easily be[*])
> really just a generic status/revocation checking mechanism for JWTs in
> general. Given the history/lineage of JWT development within the OAuth WG,
> it seems like a general JWT status/revocation mechanism would fall easily
> within the remit of the WG as is.
>

I agree with this.


>
> It seems to me as though the prospect of the formation of a new WG from
> the potential SPICE BoF that may or may not be a suitable future forum for
> the status list work has unintentionally delayed or diverted
> attention around consideration of the status list work being adopted and
> progressed in OAuth in the more near term.
>
>
Speaking as a contributor to SPICE BoF, this was certainly never my
intention.

I don't think work should be delayed if it is well solved within an
existing working group, and I agree that status lists are relevant to JWT
and CWT generally, not just credentials.


>
> [*] it has some open TODOs for CWT based representations but no actual
> content as such, which could be removed to focus the scope of the draft.
>
>
+1


>
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 1:56 PM Orie Steele <orie@transmute.industries>
> wrote:
>
>> Excellent.
>>
>> Inline:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 2:12 PM <tors...@lodderstedt.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Orie,
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>> Torsten.
>>> Am 18. Sept. 2023, 16:01 +0200 schrieb Orie Steele
>>> <orie@transmute.industries>:
>>>
>>> Torsten,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this excellent framing.
>>>
>>> I agree with everything you said.
>>>
>>> Please correct me if I'm wrong about anything in this summary:
>>>
>>> 1. Keep working on JWT based credential formats at OAuth (implicit,
>>> don't expand OAuth charter to work on CWT credential formats ?)
>>>
>>> yes
>>>
>>> 2. If a new working group (SPICE) is formed focused on credentials,
>>> authors are open moving credential specific work items there, and don't
>>> plan new credential related items at OAuth.
>>>
>>> We are open to move the credential work to a new working group. We are
>>> open to discuss whether that will be SPICE, so far it seems to be COSE
>>> centric. It’s clearly in everyone’s interest to have the JSON and COSE
>>> based credential formats aligned.
>>>
>>
>> I agree, I think a big part of this comes from trying to respect the work
>> that has already happened, in JSON-LD at W3C and JSON / JOSE at OAuth and
>> OIDF.
>>
>>
>>> 3. Coordinate with CBOR based credential formats (wherever they may be)
>>> to ensure that architecture and conventions are as aligned as possible
>>>
>>> yes
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy to help however I can, regardless of where work items land.
>>>
>>> Let’s talk about how we can bring the COSE and JSON credential work
>>> together.
>>>
>>>
>> Awesome, I think the most impactful way to achieve this would be adding a
>> sentence like this to the SPICE BoF request, something to the effect of:
>>
>> The following documents would be transitioned from OAuth to SPICE if the
>> WG forming BoF is successful.
>>
>> - draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc
>> - draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list
>>
>> It's debatable if the status list work item should move, since I see that
>> as a generic token format that has applications beyond credentials.
>>
>> However, if authors feel it should be paired with
>> `draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc` I can also see that argument.
>>
>> Speaking as one of the authors of
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-prorock-cose-sd-cwt/
>>
>> We would prefer to leverage a CWT status list format for that work, so if
>> we consider the following work items as all possible candidates for SPICE:
>>
>> - draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list
>> - draft-prorock-cose-sd-cwt
>> - draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc (perhaps we can adjust this to apply to both
>> SD-JWT and SD-CWT).
>>
>> I can see us getting more concentrated contribution and having an easier
>> time maintaining architectural alignment.
>>
>> I think sd-jwt should stay at OAuth, I agree with Brian, it's nearly
>> complete, and I am happy to help close the gap on any remaining issues with
>> the document.
>>
>> I'm happy to make further updates regarding consolidating credential work
>> items in SPICE, and reducing the load on OAUTH WG, but I look to authors
>> and the OAUTH working group to confirm if they are ok with the SPICE BoF
>> request commenting on their work in this way.
>>
>> Perhaps we can discuss briefly in the OAuth office hours tomorrow.
>>
>>
>>
>>> best regards,
>>> Torsten.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> OS
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 7:06 AM <torsten=
>>> 40lodderstedt....@dmarc.ietf.org
>>> <https://mailto:40lodderstedt....@dmarc.ietf.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Roman,
>>>
>>> I’m writing this post on behalf of the group of co-authors who proposed
>>> the following drafts for adoption by the OAuth WG:
>>>
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-attestation-based-client-auth
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc
>>> draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list
>>>
>>> We have brought these drafts to the IETF because they are built on IETF
>>> drafts/standards and enhance them. Those drafts are interrelated and part
>>> of a bigger effort to provide initiatives around the globe for building
>>> ecosystems based on the Issuer/Holder/Verifier model, especially focussing
>>> on EU’s eIDAS, with interoperable technical standards.
>>>
>>> The work is based on two pillars, Selective Disclosure JWT (SD-JWT) and
>>> OpenID for Verifiable Credentials (OID4VC). The latter is a credential
>>> format agnostic family of protocols for issuing and presenting verifiable
>>> credentials and authenticating users based on keys in the wallet. These
>>> specifications are being standardized at the OpenID Foundation; they are
>>> already referenced by the eIDAS Architecture and Reference Framework.
>>>
>>> SD-JWT and OID4VC are combined in a specification designated as “OpenID
>>> for Verifiable Credentials High Assurance Interoperability Profile with
>>> SD-JWT VC” (HAIP). HAIP instantiates OID4VC with the credential format
>>> SD-JWT VC to allow implementers to build truly interoperable systems. This
>>> is the contribution we intend to make to eIDAS.
>>>
>>> While working on HAIP we identified missing pieces in the overall
>>> picture, most notably a way to use well-established JWT content rules and
>>> its extensibility model as basis for representing Verifiable Credentials
>>> with JSON payload. That’s why we drafted draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc.
>>>
>>> We also noticed Verifiable Credentials are typically long living
>>> credentials and thus need a way for its issuer to influence its status.
>>> That’s why we drafted draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list and
>>> incorporated it into draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc.
>>>
>>> In addition, we learned while working with the eIDAS expert group and
>>> others that wallet to issuer authentication needs to fulfill very special
>>> requirements. That’s why we drafted
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-attestation-based-client-auth as a new client
>>> authentication method.
>>>
>>> To sum up, draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc and
>>> draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list extend the work being done around
>>> SD-JWT so we feel the OAuth WG is the best place to evolved them. However,
>>> we are open to discuss to carve out the work around credential formats and
>>> supporting mechanisms into a new working group.
>>>
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-attestation-based-client-auth is an OAuth extension, so
>>> we believe it belongs to the OAuth WG.
>>>
>>> ** What's the body of work around SD/JWT/VC that should be done and how
>>> much work will that be? What needs to be done first?
>>>
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc and draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list
>>> are fundamental building blocks on the level of credential formats for
>>> building applications according to the Issuer/Holder/Verifier model. A lot
>>> of initiatives around the globe are looking for technical standards for
>>> this kind of application now. (For example, the eIDAS expert group hopes to
>>> finalize its Architectural Reference Framework (ARF) this year.) So there
>>> is a window of opportunity for IETF and this group to make an impact with
>>> solid, secure and usable technical standards.
>>>
>>> We don’t plan further contributions in this space to the WG beyond the
>>> proposed drafts.
>>>
>>> ** What unknown about the direction and needed tasks?
>>>
>>> I hope I could shed some light on our plans.
>>>
>>> ** For whatever that work might be, how should the OAuth charter evolve
>>> to support the work?
>>>
>>> We suggest extending the charter to cover work on credential formats and
>>> related mechanisms based on JWTs. As already mentioned above, we are also
>>> open to moving this work into a new dedicated working group once such a
>>> working group is operational. That working group might be established as a
>>> result of the SPICE effort.  It would be good to coordinate closely with
>>> those developing CBOR-based credentials to keep that work and ours
>>> architecturally aligned. We, however, see the need to keep working on the
>>> drafts to meet the expectations of current and prospect implementers.
>>>
>>> ** Is there work to be done around bridging the architectural narrative
>>> used in the core OAuth framework/RFC6749 (AS, RS, RO) and three part model
>>> (issuer, holder, verifier) used in
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt?
>>>
>>> We suggest clearly distinguishing protocol aspects from data format
>>> aspects. draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt as part of the
>>> credential format aspect has dependencies on JWT but no dependencies on RFC
>>> 6749.
>>>
>>> There is work to be done to cater for protocols sitting on top of OAuth
>>> for supporting the issuer/holder/verifier model. OpenID4VC is built on top
>>> of OAuth and we have come up with some observations around that. For
>>> example, clients (either verifiers or wallets acting as clients towards
>>> issuers) are typically not managed by the AS. Either there is a 3rd party
>>> that the AS relies on for that purpose, or the client starts interacting
>>> without any pre-established relationship. Also, in a wallet world, we see
>>> the need to allow an app on the phone to securely authenticate towards an
>>> AS, which requires key bound assertions.
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-attestation-based-client-auth is our proposal to cope with
>>> those issues.
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>> Torsten.
>>> Am 8. Sept. 2023, 21:07 +0200 schrieb Roman Danyliw <r...@cert.org
>>> <https://mailto:r...@cert.org>>:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> We've observed growing energy around JWT, selective disclosure and VC
>>> related topics in the WG in recent meetings. We spent almost all of the
>>> third OAuth meeting at IETF 117 on related topics. The initial SD-JWT
>>> (draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt) has been followed up with
>>> SD-JWT-VC (draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc). There is also work like
>>> draft-looker-oauth-jwt-cwt-status-list being proposed.
>>>
>>> As promised at IETF 117, we would like to start a conversation about the
>>> direction the WG would like to take at a strategic level rather than
>>> continuing to deal this topic in one document increments of additional
>>> scope.
>>>
>>> ** What's the body of work around SD/JWT/VC that should be done and how
>>> much work will that be? What needs to be done first? What unknown about the
>>> direction and needed tasks?
>>>
>>> ** For whatever that work might be, how should the OAuth charter evolve
>>> to support the work?
>>>
>>> ** Is there work to be done around bridging the architectural narrative
>>> used in the core OAuth framework/RFC6749 (AS, RS, RO) and three part model
>>> (issuer, holder, verifier) used in
>>> draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Roman, Hannes, and Rifaat
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