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nine_ktoday at 3:45 AM2 repliesview on HN

It's even worse: "Because of the nature of these Actor tokens, they are not subject to security policies like Conditional Access". This goes against all principles of good security design. A token that gives root access instead of specifying a particular action allowed just invites misuse, erroneous or malicious.

I would expect these tokens to be like JWT or macaroons, carrying specific permissions within specific bounds / tenants. Alas.


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milkshakestoday at 4:41 AM

well, you're in luck, they are JWTs in fact. JWTs in JWTs, so extra secure.

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Nursietoday at 4:48 AM

They are!

But the systems that have been built around them are bad. Firstly in issuing these ‘root’ tokens at all, and secondly in not checking the claims properly.

A JWT is only as good as the systems it’s used by.