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*As a general rule any certificate that is issued to any [[Subject]] cannot be [[Revocation|revoked]] because it is not possible to know where that certificate has been used.
 
*Once a [[Bearer Token]] has been issued to a [[Relying Party]] by a [[Identifier or Attribute Provider]] there is no practical way to issue a [[Revocation]] that will guarantee success.
 
*Once a [[Bearer Token]] has been issued to a [[Relying Party]] by a [[Identifier or Attribute Provider]] there is no practical way to issue a [[Revocation]] that will guarantee success.
  

Revision as of 09:02, 3 October 2018

Full Title or Meme

The problem of revoking a grant previously issued by an Identifier or Attribute Provider (IAP) on behalf of a Subject which is a requirement of several privacy regulations.

Context

The collection of User Private Information by a Data Controller now necessitates the ability Authenticate the User under a wide range of challenges, like:

  1. Simplest of all the User needs to Authenticate from time to time and on a variety of devices under less than ideal conditions where passwords are mistyped and Alternate Authentication factors are lost or fail.

Problems

  • As a general rule any certificate that is issued to any Subject cannot be revoked because it is not possible to know where that certificate has been used.
  • Once a Bearer Token has been issued to a Relying Party by a Identifier or Attribute Provider there is no practical way to issue a Revocation that will guarantee success.

Solutions

  • Issue a Refresh Token that can be used by the Relying Party to acquire a fresh access token with a short life time on demand. The IAP would then handle any Revocation for the user which would have no effect during that short life time.
  • Require the Authorization endpoint to verify liveness of the token before it authorizes actual access to the Resource.

References