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This entire concept is technically difficult (if not impossible) to pull off. None-the-less, trust decision are made continuously in any identifier-medicated transaction.  | This entire concept is technically difficult (if not impossible) to pull off. None-the-less, trust decision are made continuously in any identifier-medicated transaction.  | ||
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| + | * It is definitely true, as the old adage states, that all authorization is local. What that means is that a local server will make a trust decision about what resources to provide.  | ||
| + | * There are two parts of the trust decision that can be standardized:  | ||
| + | # The data provided to the user and to the RP to enable a trust decision. For example a consent statement by a user.  | ||
| + | # The recording of the acceptance of the data and the user that is made of it. For example consent receipt from an RP based on that statement.  | ||
==Trust Relationshipts==  | ==Trust Relationshipts==  | ||
Revision as of 07:00, 1 July 2021
Contents
Full Title or Meme
The core concept of Self-issued Identifiers is that the user can establish a trust relationship with a Relying Party (PR) that does not permit sharing of any part of that relationship with a Trusted Third Party.
Context
Trust as used here is a necessary condition for a party to undertake (or continue) an action.
Participants
- User
 - Relying Party
 - Trusted Third Party (that is kept ignorant of any association between the user and the RP)
 - User Agent (aka SIOP wallet)
 - Vendor Relationship Manager (aka Self-issued OpenID Picker, only needed if the user has more than one wallet)
 
Problem
This entire concept is technically difficult (if not impossible) to pull off. None-the-less, trust decision are made continuously in any identifier-medicated transaction.
Solutions
- It is definitely true, as the old adage states, that all authorization is local. What that means is that a local server will make a trust decision about what resources to provide.
 - There are two parts of the trust decision that can be standardized:
 
- The data provided to the user and to the RP to enable a trust decision. For example a consent statement by a user.
 - The recording of the acceptance of the data and the user that is made of it. For example consent receipt from an RP based on that statement.
 
Trust Relationshipts
- The user trusts the RP to be telling the truth about its intent to honor the user's intentions wrt the user's data.
 - The user trusts the SIOP to be fairly representing the RP.
 - The user trusts the SIOP to protect the user's secrets (private keys and other credentials.)
 - The user trusts the SIOP to faithfully present user intent to the RP.
 - The RP trusts the SIOP to assist in the user authentication process (including user secrets and possibly user liveness.)
 - The users trusts the TTP (aka claims provider) to avoid releasing any information about them.
 - The RP trusts the TTP to validate claims (offline proofs preferred over online verification of current state. Currently a huge debate within mDL/eID efforts.)
 - Once a relationship is established the user trusts the VRM (chooser) to provide "refresh tokens" to quickly re-establish trust.