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Using IdentityModel.OidcClient with Dropbox
Hey
I'm using the IdentityModel.OidcClient to authenticate the dropbox account of a user within my application.
The authentication works as expected with one exception: The redirect_uri. ...
dgeiss wrote:
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Let's say the application, that wants to make the authentication, runs on a device, that I can't administrate, because the device belongs to a customer. ...
Hm... 🤔 Do you assume that Dropbox application can be installed only on devices Dropbox is able to administrate? 🧐🙂 I don't think so... 🤷 Dropbox is not an administrator on my laptop, where I'm writing now for example, but the application still work (including mentioned loopback port). 😉 You definitely don't need to be administrator on device where your application works on.
That's not what I mean. The application I am talking about, is the application that I am writing. This application will be installed on the customers device. The device of the customer can't and shouldn't be administered by me or by Dropbox.
Without having the ability to change the settings of a customers device, I have to add some flexibility to my application. In this case the flexibility is needed for the port, that is used in the redirect uri.
Option 1: Dynamic redirect uri - The redirect uri supports random ports OR
Option 2: Static redirect uri - Register many redirect uris (same destination but with different port number).
I prefer option 1.
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