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John Way
John Way

Reputation: 237

Verify RS256 Signed JWT Token using OWIN JWT Bearer Authentication

We have several .NET Framework 4.6.1 MVC applications that use OWIN to setup authentication. We want to us the UseJwtBearerAuthentication option with a JWT token that was signed using RS256.

We also have the Public Key needed to verify the JWT Token. It is retrieved by an API call and is received as a JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) JSON string.

SAMPLE JWKS from https://auth0.com/docs/jwks

{
"keys": [
{
"alg": "RS256",
"kty": "RSA",
"use": "sig",
"x5c": [
  "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"
],
"n": "yeNlzlub94YgerT030codqEztjfU_S6X4DbDA_iVKkjAWtYfPHDzz_sPCT1Axz6isZdf3lHpq_gYX4Sz-cbe4rjmigxUxr-FgKHQy3HeCdK6hNq9ASQvMK9LBOpXDNn7mei6RZWom4wo3CMvvsY1w8tjtfLb-yQwJPltHxShZq5-ihC9irpLI9xEBTgG12q5lGIFPhTl_7inA1PFK97LuSLnTJzW0bj096v_TMDg7pOWm_zHtF53qbVsI0e3v5nmdKXdFf9BjIARRfVrbxVxiZHjU6zL6jY5QJdh1QCmENoejj_ytspMmGW7yMRxzUqgxcAqOBpVm0b-_mW3HoBdjQ",
"e": "AQAB",
"kid": "NjVBRjY5MDlCMUIwNzU4RTA2QzZFMDQ4QzQ2MDAyQjVDNjk1RTM2Qg",
"x5t": "NjVBRjY5MDlCMUIwNzU4RTA2QzZFMDQ4QzQ2MDAyQjVDNjk1RTM2Qg"
}
]}

I want to use the OWIN framework for authentication with the UseJwtBearerAuthentication option. I found this sample code that goes in the startup.cs file that should work, but I can't figure out how to convert the JWKS to one of the constructors for a new X509Certificate2 object.

app.UseJwtBearerAuthentication(
  new JwtBearerAuthenticationOptions
  {
    AuthenticationMode = AuthenticationMode.Active,
    AllowedAudiences = new[] { audience },
    IssuerSecurityTokenProviders = new IIssuerSecurityTokenProvider[]
    {
      new X509CertificateSecurityTokenProvider(issuer, new X509Certificate2("PATH_TO_YOUR_PUBLIC_CERTIFICATE.cer")),
    }
  });

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1155

Answers (2)

John Way
John Way

Reputation: 237

So I found the answer here Owin middleware for Bearer Token Authentication that supports JWT key rotation

I followed the example in the answer from @Padraic Hickey to create a custom IssuerSigningKeyResolver

Upvotes: 0

BRass
BRass

Reputation: 3838

Have you taken a look at any of the Auth0 quickstarts? The OWIN Web API quickstart seems to get something close to what you're after.

https://auth0.com/docs/quickstart/backend/webapi-owin

Upvotes: 0

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