On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 7:45 AM Ruwan Abeykoon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Isuranga,
> We can add additional header to make this authenticator engaged. e.g. [1]
>

+1 to use a custom header.


> Better not tie up the authenticator to the hardcoded
> path "INTROSPECTION_URI"
>
>
> [1]
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSMNED_2018/com.ibm.apic.apionprem.doc/oauth_introspection.html
>
> Cheers,
> Ruwan
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 12:30 PM Isuranga Perera <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm working on the improvement of client authentication for OAuth2
>> Introspection endpoint[1]. Currently, it supports authentication via basic
>> authentication and bearer token authentication.
>>
>> In this improvement, we're going to introduce authentication via client
>> ID and secret.
>>
>> But the problem with this approach is that both basic authentication and
>> the $subject has the same authorization header. Because of this reason
>> incoming requests have to go through both basic authentication handler and
>> $subject authentication handler which results in additional overhead.
>>
>> The current implementation is as follows[2]. Please provide your insight
>> on the $subject.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/wso2/product-is/issues/4314
>> [2] https://github.com/wso2-extensions/identity-carbon-auth-rest/pull/67
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Isuranga Perera
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