[jira] [Created] (NIFIREG-189) Improved Identity Provider Configurability

["Kevin Doran (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Kevin Doran created NIFIREG-189:
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             Summary: Improved Identity Provider Configurability
                 Key: NIFIREG-189
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFIREG-189
             Project: NiFi Registry
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Kevin Doran
            Assignee: Kevin Doran


Currently, in NiFi Registry (and NiFi), the client/user identity for any request to the REST API comes from a Spring Security filter chain during request processing that handles authentication and sets the current user for the request context. 

The X509IdentityFilter is always first in the chain, meaning that if a client certificate is present in the TLS handshake (even if not required), it will be used as the client identity. This can be problematic when multiple forms of authentication can desired (eg, certificate based for servers, username/password for end users)

This presents challenges for users that cannot easily change client certificates managed by their host OS or browser (for example, in corporate environments), or who simply accidentally select a client certificate when prompted. 

Today, if you want to force username/password login, you have to ensure that the client/browser does not pass certificate or SNEGO credentials so that you fall through to the login screen. It would make for easier deployments for administrators if they could configure the order of looking for credentials (for example, use a JWT if present, and if not present use a certificate identity if present).



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