I'd suggest removing the "of an OAuth authorization grant" bit from the
abstract. The term 'authorization grant' has meaning from
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749?#section-1.3 that doesn't really work
there in the abstract.





On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:33 AM Karsten Meyer zu Selhausen <
karsten.meyerzuselhau...@hackmanit.de> wrote:

> Hello WG,
>
> adding the issuer identifier to the authorization response as a
> countermeasure to mix-up attacks is well-known on this list and already
> part of the security BCP (see 4.4.2
> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-security-topics-16#section-4.4.2>
> ).
> However, the "iss" parameter is currently not properly specified. Daniel
> and I wrote an ID to solve this issue.
>
> We would like to ask the working group to give us feedback on our first
> draft version:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-meyerzuselhausen-oauth-iss-auth-resp-00
>
> Abstract
>
>    This document specifies a new parameter "iss" that is used to
>    explicitly include the issuer identifier of the authorization server
>    in the authorization response of an OAuth authorization grant.  If
>    implemented correctly, the "iss" parameter serves as an effective
>    countermeasure to "mix-up" attacks.
>
>
> The need for a proper specification of the "iss" parameter was discussed
> in this thread:
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/oauth/DQR2ZXtGKfa-8UGtuPYyZoAaBIc/
>
> Best regards,
> Karsten
>
>
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