[Pulp-dev] Pulp 3: using JWT to request a JWT

[Dennis Kliban]

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Brian Bouterse <bbouters at redhat.com> wrote:

> +1 to using JWT_ALLOW_REFRESH as the name, I read the other name from some
> other docs. +1 to adding a refresh token endpoint and some docs.
>
> We need to update this area in the MVP which is currently in red. We could
> replace the use case in red with:  "As an API user, I can authenticate any
> API call with a JWT" and then add the following two use cases:
>
> As a JWT authenticated user, I can receive a new JWT if Pulp is configured
> with JWT_ALLOW_REFRESH=True
> As a Pulp administrator, my Pulp system disallows JWT renewal by default
> (JWT_ALLOW_REFRESH=False)
>
> What about these use case changes to the MVP to reflect this convo?
>


+1



>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Jeremy Audet <jaudet at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> I think @misa's point is that if a valid token becomes compromised, it
>>> could be renewed for a long-maybe-forever time.
>>>
>>> I'm reading a desire to have Pulp exhibit both of these types of
>>> behaviors, and both for good reasons. What if we introduce a setting
>>> JWT_REFRESH. If enabled, JWT_REFRESH will allow you to receive a new JWT
>>> when authenticating with an existing JWT. Defaults to False.
>>>
>>> I'm picking False as the default on the idea that not renewing tokens
>>> would be a more secure system by limiting access in more case than when
>>> JWT_REFRESH is True. In the implementation, when JWT_REFRESH is set to True
>>> it would fully disable the JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRATION_DELTA setting so that it
>>> could be refreshed indefinitly. The user would never know about
>>> JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRATION_DELTA.
>>
>>
>> Being secure-by-default, with the option to do useful-but-dangerous
>> things, is a great design approach.
>>
>
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