docs(design): devex proposal for mTLS PoP on Managed Identity and FIC#3832
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Add specification for mTLS Proof-of-Possession support in Microsoft.Identity.Web for Managed Identity and Federated Identity Credential.
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What
Adds a developer-experience design document for enabling mTLS Proof-of-Possession (mTLS PoP) on the two managed-identity credential sources that currently don't support it:
AcquireTokenOptions.ManagedIdentity(pure Managed Identity)SignedAssertionFromManagedIdentity(Federated Identity Credential signed by a Managed Identity)The doc lives at
docs/design/msi_fic_mtls_pop_devex.md, alongside the existingmanaged_identity_capabilities_devex.md.Why
Microsoft.Identity.Webalready supports mTLS PoP for confidential client apps that authenticate with a certificate (seetoken-binding.md). The opt-in is one line of configuration:The same opt-in does not work today for the two managed-identity credential sources:
SignedAssertionFromManagedIdentity(FIC)AcquireTokenOptions.ManagedIdentity(MSI)This is the gap the proposal closes.
What's in scope
"ProtocolScheme": "MTLS_POP"knob enables mTLS PoP for all three credential sources.daemon-app-msi-mtlsanddaemon-app-fic-mtls, modeled on the existingdaemon-app-msi.token-binding.md(add MI + FIC subsections) andcertificateless.md(add a short cross-ref).What's out of scope
token-binding.md.Prerequisites for the implementation PR
Microsoft.Identity.Webtakes a dependency onMicrosoft.Identity.Client.KeyAttestation(GA in the next MSAL release).