solid / solid/solid-oidc

consider support for OIDC self-issuer

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Description

as discussed on one of the calls and in https://github.com/solid/authentication-panel/issues/2#issuecomment-520950159, support for the OIDC magic issuer https://self-issued.me with a public key in the webid profile (same as WebID-TLS) would have several benefits:

  • marginally easier to set up a bot identity on an ordinary static web server vs creating a .well-known/openid-configuration and a jwks file (plus saving two more serialized HTTP transactions to fetch them)
  • enables on-device authentication (for example, a native app on a mobile device) using the self-issuer workflow envisioned by OIDC

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Research direction

Start with the linked authentication-panel discussion and the OIDC Core Self-Issued section, then compare the proposed public-key-in-WebID-profile flow with the existing WebID-TLS approach. Define the required specification changes and interoperability or conformance criteria before implementation; completion should clearly describe the supported self-issuer workflow.

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Assessment

Domain
authentication, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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