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draft-ietf-oauth-discovery-00
OAuth Working Group                                             M. Jones
Internet-Draft                                                 Microsoft
Intended status: Standards Track                             N. Sakimura
Expires: August 11, 2016                                             NRI
                                                              J. Bradley
                                                           Ping Identity
                                                        February 8, 2016

                          OAuth 2.0 Discovery
                     draft-ietf-oauth-discovery-00

Abstract

   This specification defines a mechanism for an OAuth 2.0 client to
   discover the resource owner's OAuth 2.0 authorization server and
   obtain information needed to interact with it, including its OAuth
   2.0 endpoint locations and authorization server capabilities.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions  . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Authorization Server WebFinger Discovery . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Authorization Server Metadata  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Obtaining Authorization Server Configuration Information . . . 10
     4.1.  Authorization Server Configuration Information Request . . 10
     4.2.  Authorization Server Configuration Information Response  . 11
     4.3.  Authorization Server Configuration Information
           Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   5.  String Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   6.  Compatibility Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     7.1.  TLS Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     7.2.  Impersonation Attacks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   8.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     8.1.  OAuth Discovery Metadata Registry  . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       8.1.1.  Registration Template  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       8.1.2.  Initial Registry Contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     8.2.  Updated Registration Instructions  . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
   9.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     9.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     9.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
   Appendix B.  Document History  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1.  Introduction

   This specification generalizes the discovery mechanisms defined by
   "OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0" [OpenID.Discovery] in a way that is
   compatible with OpenID Connect Discovery, while being applicable to a
   wider set of OAuth 2.0 use cases.  This is intentionally parallel to
   the way that the "OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol"
   [RFC7591] specification generalized the dynamic client registration
   mechanisms defined by "OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration
   1.0" [OpenID.Registration] in a way that was compatible with it.

   In order for an OAuth client to utilize OAuth 2.0 services for a
   resource owner, the client needs to know where the OAuth 2.0
   authorization server is.  This specification uses WebFinger [RFC7033]
   to locate the authorization server for an resource owner.  This
   process is described in Section 2.

   Once the authorization server has been identified, the configuration
   information for that authorization server is retrieved from a well-
   known location as a JSON [RFC7159] document, including its OAuth 2.0
   endpoint locations and authorization server capabilities.  This
   process is described in Section 4.

1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC
   2119 [RFC2119].

   All uses of JSON Web Signature (JWS) [JWS] and JSON Web Encryption
   (JWE) [JWE] data structures in this specification utilize the JWS
   Compact Serialization or the JWE Compact Serialization; the JWS JSON
   Serialization and the JWE JSON Serialization are not used.

1.2.  Terminology

   This specification uses the terms "Access Token", "Authorization
   Code", "Authorization Endpoint", "Authorization Grant",
   "Authorization Server", "Client", "Client Authentication", "Client
   Identifier", "Client Secret", "Grant Type", "Protected Resource",
   "Redirection URI", "Refresh Token", "Resource Owner", "Resource
   Server", "Response Type", and "Token Endpoint" defined by OAuth 2.0
   [RFC6749], the terms "Claim Name", "Claim Value", and "JSON Web Token
   (JWT)" defined by JSON Web Token (JWT) [JWT], and the term "Response
   Mode" defined by OAuth 2.0 Multiple Response Type Encoding Practices
   [OAuth.Responses].

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   This specification also defines the following terms:

   Resource
      Entity that is the target of a request in WebFinger.

   Host
      Server where a WebFinger service is hosted.

2.  Authorization Server WebFinger Discovery

   Authorization server WebFinger discovery is a means of determining
   the location of the authorization server's configuration information.

   WebFinger discovery is OPTIONAL; if a client knows the authorization
   server's configuration information location through an out-of-band
   mechanism, it can skip this step and proceed to Section 4.

   WebFinger discovery requires the following information to make a
   discovery request:

   resource
      Identifier for the target resource owner that is the subject of
      the discovery request.

   host
      Server where the WebFinger service is hosted.

   rel
      URI identifying the type of service whose location is being
      requested.

   OAuth discovery uses the following "rel" value in WebFinger
   [RFC7033]:

   +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
   | Rel Type             | URI                                        |
   +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
   | OAuth 2.0            | http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer |
   | Configuration        |                                            |
   | Information Location |                                            |
   | URL                  |                                            |
   +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+

   To start discovery of OAuth 2.0 configuration information, the
   resource owner supplies a URI to the client that can be used to
   discover the corresponding authorization server.  In some cases, the
   client may know this URI without involvement of the resource owner.

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   This URI might, for instance, be an e-mail address, an account
   identifier, a profile URL, or a service or tenant URL.

   The host to which the WebFinger request will be made is obtained from
   the URI.  The client then makes an HTTP "GET" request to the host's
   WebFinger [RFC7033] endpoint using the URI as the "resource"
   parameter value and the "rel" value
   "http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer" to obtain the
   authorization server's configuration information location.

   The configuration information location MUST be returned in the
   WebFinger response as the value of the "href" member of a "links"
   array element with "rel" member value
   "http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer".  As described in
   Section 6, despite the identifier
   "http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer" appearing to be OpenID-
   specific, its usage in this specification is actually referring to a
   general OAuth 2.0 feature that is not specific to OpenID Connect.
   (Per Section 7 of WebFinger [RFC7033], obtaining the WebFinger
   response may first involve following some redirects.)

   The returned configuration information location MUST be a URI RFC
   3986 [RFC3986] with a scheme component that MUST be "https", a host
   component, and optionally, port and path components and no query or
   fragment components.  Note that the WebFinger response can return a
   configuration information location value using a completely different
   scheme, host, port, and path from any contained in the input URI, and
   no relationship can be assumed between the input URI and the
   resulting configuration information location.

   An example WebFinger discovery request follows.  To find the
   authorization server's configuration information location for the
   account identified using the e-mail address syntax "joe@example.com"
   and corresponding account URI "acct:joe@example.com", the WebFinger
   parameters are as follows:

   +---------------------+--------------------------------------------+
   | WebFinger Parameter | Value                                      |
   +---------------------+--------------------------------------------+
   | resource            | acct:joe@example.com                       |
   | host                | example.com                                |
   | rel                 | http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer |
   +---------------------+--------------------------------------------+

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   The client would make the following WebFinger request to discover the
   authorization server's configuration information location (with line
   wraps within lines for display purposes only):

     GET /.well-known/webfinger
       ?resource=acct%3Ajoe%40example.com
       &rel=http%3A%2F%2Fopenid.net%2Fspecs%2Fconnect%2F1.0%2Fissuer
       HTTP/1.1
     Host: example.com

     HTTP/1.1 200 OK
     Content-Type: application/jrd+json

     {
      "subject": "acct:joe@example.com",
      "links":
       [
        {
         "rel": "http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer",
         "href": "https://server.example.com"
        }
       ]
     }

   The discovered authorization server configuration information
   location is "https://server.example.com".

3.  Authorization Server Metadata

   Authorization servers can have metadata describing their
   configuration.  These authorization server metadata values are used
   by this specification:

   issuer
      REQUIRED.  URL of the authorization server's configuration
      information location, which uses the "https" scheme and has no
      query or fragment components.  This is the location where
      ".well-known" RFC 5785 [RFC5785] resources containing information
      about the authorization server are published, and in particular,
      the "/.well-known/openid-configuration" resource defined in
      Section 4.  If WebFinger discovery is supported (see Section 2),
      this value MUST be identical to the configuration information
      location value returned by WebFinger.

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   authorization_endpoint
      REQUIRED.  URL of the authorization server's authorization
      endpoint [RFC6749].

   token_endpoint
      URL of the authorization server's token endpoint [RFC6749].  This
      is REQUIRED unless only the implicit grant type is used.

   jwks_uri
      REQUIRED.  URL of the authorization server's JWK Set [JWK]
      document.  This contains the signing key(s) the client uses to
      validate signatures from the authorization server.  The JWK Set
      MAY also contain the Server's encryption key(s), which are used by
      RPs to encrypt requests to the Server.  When both signing and
      encryption keys are made available, a "use" (public key use)
      parameter value is REQUIRED for all keys in the referenced JWK Set
      to indicate each key's intended usage.  Although some algorithms
      allow the same key to be used for both signatures and encryption,
      doing so is NOT RECOMMENDED, as it is less secure.  The JWK "x5c"
      parameter MAY be used to provide X.509 representations of keys
      provided.  When used, the bare key values MUST still be present
      and MUST match those in the certificate.

   registration_endpoint
      RECOMMENDED.  URL of the authorization server's OAuth 2.0 Dynamic
      Client Registration endpoint [RFC7591].

   scopes_supported
      RECOMMENDED.  JSON array containing a list of the OAuth 2.0
      [RFC6749] "scope" values that this authorization server supports.
      Servers MAY choose not to advertise some supported scope values
      even when this parameter is used.

   response_types_supported
      REQUIRED.  JSON array containing a list of the OAuth 2.0
      "response_type" values that this authorization server supports.

   response_modes_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of the OAuth 2.0
      "response_mode" values that this authorization server supports, as
      specified in OAuth 2.0 Multiple Response Type Encoding Practices
      [OAuth.Responses].  If omitted, the default is "["query",
      "fragment"]".  The response mode value "form_post" is also defined
      in OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode [OAuth.Post].

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   grant_types_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of the OAuth 2.0 grant
      type values that this authorization server supports.  If omitted,
      the default value is "["authorization_code", "implicit"]".

   token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of client authentication
      methods supported by this token endpoint.  Client authentication
      method values are used in the "token_endpoint_auth_method"
      parameter defined in Section 2 of [RFC7591].  If omitted, the
      default is "client_secret_basic" -- the HTTP Basic Authentication
      Scheme specified in Section 2.3.1 of OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749].

   token_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of the JWS signing
      algorithms ("alg" values) supported by the token endpoint for the
      signature on the JWT [JWT] used to authenticate the client at the
      token endpoint for the "private_key_jwt" and "client_secret_jwt"
      authentication methods.  Servers SHOULD support "RS256".  The
      value "none" MUST NOT be used.

   service_documentation
      OPTIONAL.  URL of a page containing human-readable information
      that developers might want or need to know when using the
      authorization server.  In particular, if the authorization server
      does not support Dynamic Client Registration, then information on
      how to register clients needs to be provided in this
      documentation.

   ui_locales_supported
      OPTIONAL.  Languages and scripts supported for the user interface,
      represented as a JSON array of BCP47 [RFC5646] language tag
      values.

   op_policy_uri
      OPTIONAL.  URL that the authorization server provides to the
      person registering the client to read about the authorization
      server's requirements on how the client can use the data provided
      by the authorization server.  The registration process SHOULD
      display this URL to the person registering the client if it is
      given.  As described in Section 6, despite the identifier
      "op_policy_uri", appearing to be OpenID-specific, its usage in
      this specification is actually referring to a general OAuth 2.0
      feature that is not specific to OpenID Connect.

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   op_tos_uri
      OPTIONAL.  URL that the authorization server provides to the
      person registering the client to read about authorization server's
      terms of service.  The registration process SHOULD display this
      URL to the person registering the client if it is given.  As
      described in Section 6, despite the identifier "op_tos_uri",
      appearing to be OpenID-specific, its usage in this specification
      is actually referring to a general OAuth 2.0 feature that is not
      specific to OpenID Connect.

   revocation_endpoint
      OPTIONAL.  URL of the authorization server's OAuth 2.0 revocation
      endpoint [RFC7009].

   revocation_endpoint_auth_methods_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of client authentication
      methods supported by this revocation endpoint.  The valid client
      authentication method values are those registered in the IANA
      "OAuth Token Endpoint Authentication Methods" registry
      [IANA.OAuth.Parameters].

   revocation_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of the JWS signing
      algorithms ("alg" values) supported by the revocation endpoint for
      the signature on the JWT [JWT] used to authenticate the client at
      the revocation endpoint for the "private_key_jwt" and
      "client_secret_jwt" authentication methods.  The value "none" MUST
      NOT be used.

   introspection_endpoint
      OPTIONAL.  URL of the authorization server's OAuth 2.0
      introspection endpoint [RFC7662].

   introspection_endpoint_auth_methods_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of client authentication
      methods supported by this introspection endpoint.  The valid
      client authentication method values are those registered in the
      IANA "OAuth Token Endpoint Authentication Methods" registry
      [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] or those registered in the IANA "OAuth
      Access Token Types" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters].  (These
      values are and will remain distinct, due to Section 8.2.)

   introspection_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of the JWS signing
      algorithms ("alg" values) supported by the introspection endpoint
      for the signature on the JWT [JWT] used to authenticate the client
      at the introspection endpoint for the "private_key_jwt" and
      "client_secret_jwt" authentication methods.  The value "none" MUST

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      NOT be used.

   code_challenge_methods_supported
      OPTIONAL.  JSON array containing a list of PKCE [RFC7636] code
      challenge methods supported by this authorization server.  Code
      challenge method values are used in the "code_challenge_method"
      parameter defined in Section 4.3 of [RFC7636].  The valid code
      challenge method values are those registered in the IANA "PKCE
      Code Challenge Methods" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters].

   Additional authorization server metadata parameters MAY also be used.
   Some are defined by other specifications, such as OpenID Connect
   Discovery 1.0 [OpenID.Discovery].

4.  Obtaining Authorization Server Configuration Information

   Using the configuration information location discovered as described
   in Section 2 or by other means, the authorization server's
   configuration information can be retrieved.

   Authorization servers supporting discovery MUST make a JSON document
   available at the path formed by concatenating the string
   "/.well-known/openid-configuration" to the configuration information
   location.  The syntax and semantics of ".well-known" are defined in
   RFC 5785 [RFC5785] and apply to the configuration information
   location value when it contains no path component.
   "openid-configuration" MUST point to a JSON document compliant with
   this specification and MUST be returned using the "application/json"
   content type.  As described in Section 6, despite the identifier
   "/.well-known/openid-configuration", appearing to be OpenID-specific,
   its usage in this specification is actually referring to a general
   OAuth 2.0 feature that is not specific to OpenID Connect.

4.1.  Authorization Server Configuration Information Request

   An authorization server configuration information document MUST be
   queried using an HTTP "GET" request at the previously specified path.

   The client would make the following request to the configuration
   information location "https://example.com" to obtain its
   configuration information, since the configuration information
   location contains no path component:

     GET /.well-known/openid-configuration HTTP/1.1
     Host: example.com

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   If the configuration information location value contains a path
   component, any terminating "/" MUST be removed before appending
   "/.well-known/openid-configuration".  The client would make the
   following request to the configuration information location
   "https://example.com/issuer1" to obtain its configuration
   information, since the configuration information location contains a
   path component:

     GET /issuer1/.well-known/openid-configuration HTTP/1.1
     Host: example.com

   Using path components enables supporting multiple issuers per host.
   This is required in some multi-tenant hosting configurations.  This
   use of ".well-known" is for supporting multiple issuers per host;
   unlike its use in RFC 5785 [RFC5785], it does not provide general
   information about the host.

4.2.  Authorization Server Configuration Information Response

   The response is a set of claims about the authorization server's
   configuration, including all necessary endpoints and public key
   location information.  A successful response MUST use the 200 OK HTTP
   status code and return a JSON object using the "application/json"
   content type that contains a set of claims as its members that are a
   subset of the metadata values defined in Section 3.  Other claims MAY
   also be returned.

   Claims that return multiple values are represented as JSON arrays.
   Claims with zero elements MUST be omitted from the response.

   An error response uses the applicable HTTP status code value.

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   The following is a non-normative example response:

     HTTP/1.1 200 OK
     Content-Type: application/json

     {
      "issuer":
        "https://server.example.com",
      "authorization_endpoint":
        "https://server.example.com/connect/authorize",
      "token_endpoint":
        "https://server.example.com/connect/token",
      "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported":
        ["client_secret_basic", "private_key_jwt"],
      "token_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported":
        ["RS256", "ES256"],
      "userinfo_endpoint":
        "https://server.example.com/connect/userinfo",
      "jwks_uri":
        "https://server.example.com/jwks.json",
      "registration_endpoint":
        "https://server.example.com/connect/register",
      "scopes_supported":
        ["openid", "profile", "email", "address",
         "phone", "offline_access"],
      "response_types_supported":
        ["code", "code token"],
      "service_documentation":
        "http://server.example.com/connect/service_documentation.html",
      "ui_locales_supported":
        ["en-US", "en-GB", "en-CA", "fr-FR", "fr-CA"]
     }

4.3.  Authorization Server Configuration Information Validation

   If any of the validation procedures defined in this specification
   fail, any operations requiring the information that failed to
   correctly validate MUST be aborted and the information that failed to
   validate MUST NOT be used.

   The "issuer" value returned MUST be identical to the configuration
   information location URL that was directly used to retrieve the
   configuration information.

5.  String Operations

   Processing some OAuth 2.0 messages requires comparing values in the

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   messages to known values.  For example, the member names in the
   configuration information response might be compared to specific
   member names such as "issuer".  Comparing Unicode [UNICODE] strings,
   however, has significant security implications.

   Therefore, comparisons between JSON strings and other Unicode strings
   MUST be performed as specified below:

   1.  Remove any JSON applied escaping to produce an array of Unicode
       code points.

   2.  Unicode Normalization [USA15] MUST NOT be applied at any point to
       either the JSON string or to the string it is to be compared
       against.

   3.  Comparisons between the two strings MUST be performed as a
       Unicode code point to code point equality comparison.

6.  Compatibility Notes

   The identifiers "/.well-known/openid-configuration",
   "http://openid.net/specs/connect/1.0/issuer", "op_policy_uri", and
   "op_tos_uri" contain strings referring to the OpenID Connect
   [OpenID.Core] family of specifications that were originally defined
   by "OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0" [OpenID.Discovery].  Despite the
   reuse of these identifiers that appear to be OpenID-specific, their
   usage in this specification is actually referring to general OAuth
   2.0 features that are not specific to OpenID Connect.

7.  Security Considerations

7.1.  TLS Requirements

   Implementations MUST support TLS.  Which version(s) ought to be
   implemented will vary over time, and depend on the widespread
   deployment and known security vulnerabilities at the time of
   implementation.  The authorization server MUST support TLS version
   1.2 [RFC5246] and MAY support additional transport-layer security
   mechanisms meeting its security requirements.  When using TLS, the
   client MUST perform a TLS/SSL server certificate check, per RFC 6125
   [RFC6125].  Implementation security considerations can be found in
   Recommendations for Secure Use of TLS and DTLS [BCP195].

   To protect against information disclosure and tampering,
   confidentiality protection MUST be applied using TLS with a
   ciphersuite that provides confidentiality and integrity protection.

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7.2.  Impersonation Attacks

   TLS certificate checking MUST be performed by the client, as
   described in Section 7.1, when making an authorization server
   configuration information request.  Checking that the server
   certificate is valid for the configuration information location URL
   prevents man-in-middle and DNS-based attacks.  These attacks could
   cause a client to be tricked into using an attacker's keys and
   endpoints, which would enable impersonation of the legitimate
   authorization server.  If an attacker can accomplish this, they can
   access the resources that the affected client has access to using the
   authorization server that they are impersonating.

   An attacker may also attempt to impersonate an authorization server
   by publishing a discovery document that contains an "issuer" claim
   using the configuration information location URL of the authorization
   server being impersonated, but with its own endpoints and signing
   keys.  This would enable it to impersonate that authorization server,
   if accepted by the client.  To prevent this, RPs MUST ensure that the
   configuration information location URL they are using for the
   configuration information request exactly matches the value of the
   "issuer" metadata value in the authorization server configuration
   information document received by the client.

8.  IANA Considerations

   The following registration procedure is used for the registry
   established by this specification.

   Values are registered on a Specification Required [RFC5226] basis
   after a two-week review period on the oauth-ext-review@ietf.org
   mailing list, on the advice of one or more Designated Experts.
   However, to allow for the allocation of values prior to publication,
   the Designated Experts may approve registration once they are
   satisfied that such a specification will be published.

   Registration requests sent to the mailing list for review should use
   an appropriate subject (e.g., "Request to register OAuth Discovery
   Metadata: example").

   Within the review period, the Designated Experts will either approve
   or deny the registration request, communicating this decision to the
   review list and IANA.  Denials should include an explanation and, if
   applicable, suggestions as to how to make the request successful.
   Registration requests that are undetermined for a period longer than
   21 days can be brought to the IESG's attention (using the
   iesg@ietf.org mailing list) for resolution.

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   Criteria that should be applied by the Designated Experts includes
   determining whether the proposed registration duplicates existing
   functionality, determining whether it is likely to be of general
   applicability or whether it is useful only for a single application,
   and whether the registration makes sense.

   IANA must only accept registry updates from the Designated Experts
   and should direct all requests for registration to the review mailing
   list.

   It is suggested that multiple Designated Experts be appointed who are
   able to represent the perspectives of different applications using
   this specification, in order to enable broadly-informed review of
   registration decisions.  In cases where a registration decision could
   be perceived as creating a conflict of interest for a particular
   Expert, that Expert should defer to the judgment of the other
   Experts.

8.1.  OAuth Discovery Metadata Registry

   This specification establishes the IANA "OAuth Discovery Metadata"
   registry for OAuth 2.0 authorization server metadata names.  The
   registry records the authorization server metadata member and a
   reference to the specification that defines it.

8.1.1.  Registration Template

   Discovery Metadata Name:
      The name requested (e.g., "issuer").  This name is case-sensitive.
      Names may not match other registered names in a case-insensitive
      manner unless the Designated Experts state that there is a
      compelling reason to allow an exception.

   Discovery Metadata Description:
      Brief description of the discovery metadata (e.g., "Issuer URL").

   Change Controller:
      For Standards Track RFCs, list the "IESG".  For others, give the
      name of the responsible party.  Other details (e.g., postal
      address, email address, home page URI) may also be included.

   Specification Document(s):
      Reference to the document or documents that specify the parameter,
      preferably including URIs that can be used to retrieve copies of
      the documents.  An indication of the relevant sections may also be
      included but is not required.

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8.1.2.  Initial Registry Contents

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "issuer"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      configuration information location
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "authorization_endpoint"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      authorization endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "token_endpoint"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      token endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "jwks_uri"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      JWK Set document
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "registration_endpoint"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "scopes_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the OAuth 2.0 "scope" values that this authorization server
      supports
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "response_types_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the OAuth 2.0 "response_type" values that this authorization
      server supports
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

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   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "response_modes_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the OAuth 2.0 "response_mode" values that this authorization
      server supports
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "grant_types_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the OAuth 2.0 grant type values that this authorization server
      supports
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      client authentication methods supported by this token endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name:
      "token_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the JWS signing algorithms supported by the token endpoint for the
      signature on the JWT used to authenticate the client at the token
      endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "service_documentation"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of a page containing human-
      readable information that developers might want or need to know
      when using the authorization server
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "ui_locales_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: Languages and scripts supported
      for the user interface, represented as a JSON array of BCP47
      language tag values
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "op_policy_uri"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL that the authorization server
      provides to the person registering the client to read about the
      authorization server's requirements on how the client can use the
      data provided by the authorization server

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   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "op_tos_uri"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL that the authorization server
      provides to the person registering the client to read about
      authorization server's terms of service
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "revocation_endpoint"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      OAuth 2.0 revocation endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name:
      "revocation_endpoint_auth_methods_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      client authentication methods supported by this revocation
      endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name:
      "revocation_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the JWS signing algorithms supported by the revocation endpoint
      for the signature on the JWT used to authenticate the client at
      the revocation endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "introspection_endpoint"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: URL of the authorization server's
      OAuth 2.0 introspection endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name:
      "introspection_endpoint_auth_methods_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      client authentication methods supported by this introspection
      endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

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   o  Discovery Metadata Name:
      "introspection_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: JSON array containing a list of
      the JWS signing algorithms supported by the introspection endpoint
      for the signature on the JWT used to authenticate the client at
      the introspection endpoint
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Discovery Metadata Name: "code_challenge_methods_supported"
   o  Discovery Metadata Description: PKCE code challenge methods
      supported by this authorization server
   o  Change Controller: IESG
   o  Specification Document(s): Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]

8.2.  Updated Registration Instructions

   This specification adds to the instructions for the Designated
   Experts of the following IANA registries, both of which are in the
   "OAuth Parameters" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters]:
   o  OAuth Access Token Types
   o  OAuth Token Endpoint Authentication Methods

   IANA has added a link to this specification in the Reference sections
   of these registries. [[ RFC Editor: The above sentence is written in
   the past tense as it would appear in the final specification, even
   though these links won't actually be created until after the IESG has
   requested publication of the specification.  Please delete this note
   after the links are in place. ]]

   For these registries, the designated experts must reject registration
   requests in one registry for values already occurring in the other
   registry.  This is necessary because the
   "introspection_endpoint_auth_methods_supported" parameter allows for
   the use of values from either registry.  That way, because the values
   in the two registries will continue to be mutually exclusive, no
   ambiguities will arise.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [BCP195]   Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre,
              "Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
              Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
              (DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, DOI 10.17487/RFC7525,
              May 2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp195>.

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   [IANA.OAuth.Parameters]
              IANA, "OAuth Parameters",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters>.

   [JWA]      Jones, M., "JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)", RFC 7518,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7518, May 2015,
              <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7518>.

   [JWE]      Jones, M. and J. Hildebrand, "JSON Web Encryption (JWE)",
              RFC 7516, DOI 10.17487/RFC7516, May 2015,
              <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7516>.

   [JWK]      Jones, M., "JSON Web Key (JWK)", RFC 7517, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC7517, May 2015, <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517>.

   [JWS]      Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web
              Signature (JWS)", RFC 7515, DOI 10.17487/RFC7515,
              May 2015, <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515>.

   [JWT]      Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token
              (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, May 2015,
              <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519>.

   [OAuth.Post]
              Jones, M. and B. Campbell, "OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response
              Mode", April 2015, <http://openid.net/specs/
              oauth-v2-form-post-response-mode-1_0.html>.

   [OAuth.Responses]
              de Medeiros, B., Ed., Scurtescu, M., Tarjan, P., and M.
              Jones, "OAuth 2.0 Multiple Response Type Encoding
              Practices", February 2014, <http://openid.net/specs/
              oauth-v2-multiple-response-types-1_0.html>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC2246]  Dierks, T. and C. Allen, "The TLS Protocol Version 1.0",
              RFC 2246, DOI 10.17487/RFC2246, January 1999,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2246>.

   [RFC3986]  Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66,
              RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>.

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   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.

   [RFC5246]  Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
              (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC5246, August 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.

   [RFC5646]  Phillips, A., Ed. and M. Davis, Ed., "Tags for Identifying
              Languages", BCP 47, RFC 5646, DOI 10.17487/RFC5646,
              September 2009, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5646>.

   [RFC5785]  Nottingham, M. and E. Hammer-Lahav, "Defining Well-Known
              Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)", RFC 5785,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5785, April 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5785>.

   [RFC6125]  Saint-Andre, P. and J. Hodges, "Representation and
              Verification of Domain-Based Application Service Identity
              within Internet Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509
              (PKIX) Certificates in the Context of Transport Layer
              Security (TLS)", RFC 6125, DOI 10.17487/RFC6125,
              March 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6125>.

   [RFC6749]  Hardt, D., Ed., "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework",
              RFC 6749, DOI 10.17487/RFC6749, October 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6749>.

   [RFC7009]  Lodderstedt, T., Ed., Dronia, S., and M. Scurtescu, "OAuth
              2.0 Token Revocation", RFC 7009, DOI 10.17487/RFC7009,
              August 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7009>.

   [RFC7033]  Jones, P., Salgueiro, G., Jones, M., and J. Smarr,
              "WebFinger", RFC 7033, DOI 10.17487/RFC7033,
              September 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7033>.

   [RFC7159]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159,
              March 2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159>.

   [RFC7565]  Saint-Andre, P., "The 'acct' URI Scheme", RFC 7565,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7565, May 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7565>.

   [RFC7591]  Richer, J., Ed., Jones, M., Bradley, J., Machulak, M., and
              P. Hunt, "OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol",

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              RFC 7591, DOI 10.17487/RFC7591, July 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7591>.

   [RFC7636]  Sakimura, N., Ed., Bradley, J., and N. Agarwal, "Proof Key
              for Code Exchange by OAuth Public Clients", RFC 7636,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7636, September 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7636>.

   [RFC7662]  Richer, J., Ed., "OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection",
              RFC 7662, DOI 10.17487/RFC7662, October 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7662>.

   [UNICODE]  The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard",
              <http://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/>.

   [USA15]    Davis, M. and K. Whistler, "Unicode Normalization Forms",
              Unicode Standard Annex 15, June 2015,
              <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [OpenID.Core]
              Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., Jones, M., de Medeiros, B., and
              C. Mortimore, "OpenID Connect Core 1.0", November 2014,
              <http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html>.

   [OpenID.Discovery]
              Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., Jones, M., and E. Jay, "OpenID
              Connect Discovery 1.0", November 2014, <http://openid.net/
              specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html>.

   [OpenID.Registration]
              Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., and M. Jones, "OpenID Connect
              Dynamic Client Registration 1.0", November 2014, <http://
              openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html>.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgements

   This specification is based on the OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0
   specification, which was produced by the OpenID Connect working group
   of the OpenID Foundation.

Appendix B.  Document History

   [[ to be removed by the RFC Editor before publication as an RFC ]]

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   o  Created the initial working group version based on
      draft-jones-oauth-discovery-01, with no normative changes.

Authors' Addresses

   Michael B. Jones
   Microsoft

   Email: mbj@microsoft.com
   URI:   http://self-issued.info/

   Nat Sakimura
   Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

   Email: n-sakimura@nri.co.jp
   URI:   http://nat.sakimura.org/

   John Bradley
   Ping Identity

   Email: ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com
   URI:   http://www.thread-safe.com/

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