Authors:
Amir Sharif
1
;
Roberto Carbone
2
;
Silvio Ranise
2
and
Giada Sciarretta
2
Affiliations:
1
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, DIBRIS- University of Genoa, Genoa and Italy
;
2
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento and Italy
Keyword(s):
Single Sign-On, OAuth 2.0, Android Security, Identity Management, Android Native Applications.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Data and Application Security and Privacy
;
Identity Management
;
Information and Systems Security
;
Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems
;
Security Protocols
Abstract:
Many available mobile applications (apps) have poorly implemented Single Sign-On and Access Delegation solutions leading to serious security issues. This could be caused by inexperienced developers who prioritize the implementation of core functionalities and/or misunderstand security critical parts. The situation is even worse in complex API scenarios where the app interacts with several providers. To address these problems, we propose a novel wizard-based approach that guides developers to integrate multiple third-party Identity Management (IdM) providers in their apps, by (i) “enforcing” the usage of best practices for native apps, (ii) avoiding the need to download several SDKs and understanding their online documentations (a list of known IdM providers with their configuration information is embedded within our approach), and (iii) automatically generating the code to enable the communication with the different IdM providers. The effectiveness of the proposed approach has been a
ssessed by implementing an Android Studio plugin and using it to integrate several IdM providers, such as OKTA, Auth0, Microsoft, and Google.
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