From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert(a)redhat.com>
To: keycloak-dev(a)lists.jboss.org
Sent: Monday, 3 November, 2014 2:29:41 PM
Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Notes on KEYCLOAK-795: Move Auth Server into KC subsystem
So it is decided then? We are dropping the confidential setting in web.xml?
On 11/3/2014 8:20 AM, Bill Burke wrote:
> #3 is a great point.
>
> On 11/3/2014 5:28 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
>> Actually, thinking about it we should just drop the confidential setting
>> in web.xml.
>>
>> #1 We have ssl-required on realm - there may be traffic where we don't
>> check, but we should improve instead of relying on setting in web.xml
>> #2 Users shouldn't access Keycloak directly - users click on links in
>> applications they don't navigate to a page on KC itself, so there's not
>> really a need to do the redirect from http
>> #3 Could be risky - if an application uses a custom adapter/lib (or have
>> the wrong ssl-required in keycloak.json) and a http library that
>> automatically follows the redirect. This would mean that an application
>> posts code and client secret to http://.., which returns a 302, the http
>> library then re-posts to https://... Keycloak would think all requests
>> are done using ssl (as it doesn't see the initial http request, only the
>> app server does) and the developer could also be unaware of this, the end
>> result being that an application would post codes and secrets in
>> clear-text as well as post every request twice.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian(a)redhat.com>
>>> To: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert(a)redhat.com>
>>> Cc: keycloak-dev(a)lists.jboss.org
>>> Sent: Monday, 3 November, 2014 9:19:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Notes on KEYCLOAK-795: Move Auth Server into
>>> KC subsystem
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert(a)redhat.com>
>>>> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian(a)redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: keycloak-dev(a)lists.jboss.org
>>>> Sent: Friday, 31 October, 2014 7:42:34 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Notes on KEYCLOAK-795: Move Auth Server
into
>>>> KC
>>>> subsystem
>>>>
>>>> On 10/31/2014 4:15 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
>>>>> Looks good to me. We should include this in Beta1.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few comments/questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Can we support enabling confidential transport-guarantee
>>>>> (auth-server/WEB-INF/web.xml) without cracking open the WAR? This
seems
>>>>> to
>>>>> be the last requirement for an exploded WAR
>>>> Looking this over, it seems pretty important! I think I'd like to
go
>>>> ahead and implement this option before we merge. I should be able to
do
>>>> that and also finish the doc updates by the middle of next week. Just
>>>> go ahead and release the Beta if you want. I can catch the next
release
>>>> train.
>>>>
>>>> I plan to implement this as a boolean value on on the server called
>>>> "https-required". Is there a better name for it?
>>>> <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:keycloak:1.0">
>>>> <auth-server name="foo">
>>>> <enabled>true</enabled>
>>>> <web-context>auth</web-context>
>>>> <https-required>true</https-required>
>>>> </auth-server>
>>>> </subsystem>
>>>>
>>>> Should the default be false? I realize that the default in the
>>>> appliance dist is false, but should the default always be false?
>>> We already have the option 'ssl-required' on a realm, so that may
be
>>> confusing. What about 'redirect-non-ssl'?
>>>
>>> It shouldn't be on by default, as that would require setting up ssl for
>>> development as well. We have the 'ssl-required' set to
'external' to give
>>> us
>>> a compromise between usability and security.
>>>
>>>> If true, this will be automatically added to auth-server.war at deploy
>>>> time:
>>>>
>>>> <security-constraint>
>>>> <web-resource-collection>
>>>> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
>>>> </web-resource-collection>
>>>> <user-data-constraint>
>>>>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
>>>> </user-data-constraint>
>>>> </security-constraint>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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