[keycloak-dev] Thinking about step-up authentication and token timeouts

Stian Thorgersen sthorger at redhat.com
Mon May 2 04:56:22 EDT 2016


Wouldn't saml support it fairly easily? It's just another auth request with
SE different params?
On 29 Apr 2016 16:19, "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com> wrote:

> Sounds great.  I hope we don't have to implement this for SAML too ;)
>
> On 4/29/2016 12:02 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
>
> Clients should be able to obtain tokens with reduced scope and longer or
> shorter expiration, then later request new tokens with increased scope and
> different expiration. They should also be able to require different levels
> of authentication and also require re-authentication.
>
> An application may for example:
>
> * At first only need users email - this would allow showing the name +
> email. In this situation a long expiration access token in combination with
> implicit flow would do. It's also not necessary to re-authenticate the user
> and a user that has been logged-in for months or even a year is fine.
>
> * When a user clicks on orders it would require the password and extend
> scope to be able to view orders. Now you'll want to switch to short
> expiration access tokens and authorization code grant. You'll also want to
> make sure the user logged-in fairly recently, max 30 days could be sensible.
>
> * When a user tries to purchase something the user now has to provide the
> OTP to be able to purchase with saved credit card details. You'll also want
> to make sure the user logged-in very recently, max a day could be required.
> There may also be cases where you always want the user to re-authenticate,
> for example when trying to purchase something over a certain price level.
>
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