Do we need to guard against federated identity servers lying about who signed in?

Having successfully integrated my old web forms app with an ADFS server I got to thinking about how the process works as a whole. The old app passes the user to the remote ADFS, then eventually the user arrives back in our server having a … Continue reading Do we need to guard against federated identity servers lying about who signed in?

Does my app need authentication in addition to Spotify authorization?

I have an app that revolves entirely around Spotify. I have followed the authorization guide from Spotify and am using the Authorization Code Flow so the access token can be refreshed. My thinking was that this will prevent them from havin… Continue reading Does my app need authentication in addition to Spotify authorization?

Having one OIDC provider and multiple APIs from third parties, how can I federate logins?

If I have an app which authenticates against one OIDC provider eg. Google but then uses the provided id- and access-token to make request against a 1. app-api and 2. a third-party-api using the tokens from before.

Is this po… Continue reading Having one OIDC provider and multiple APIs from third parties, how can I federate logins?

Are there documented best practices when federating identity to a third party using OIDC?

We are creating an OpenId Provider (using Identity Server 4) that has the ability to federate authentication to other IdPs based on email (eg, we first ask for email and then determine how to authenticate you, potentially by redirecting yo… Continue reading Are there documented best practices when federating identity to a third party using OIDC?

Is it possible to verify that it’s safe to enter social media credentials in a given [IOS, Android, Win10] app?

When logging into web sites using federated login, it’s easy to verify that the site that I’m entering my credentials into the site of the identity provider by looking at the address bar and ensuring that the certificate is v… Continue reading Is it possible to verify that it’s safe to enter social media credentials in a given [IOS, Android, Win10] app?