After a lot of reading, i have found a way to implement a custom JWT bearer token validator as below.
Starup.cs
Codes:
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env,
ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, IApplicationLifetime appLifetime)
{
loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
loggerFactory.AddDebug();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseIdentity();
ConfigureAuth(app);
app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
}
private void ConfigureAuth(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
var signingKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:SecretKey").Value));
var tokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
{
// The signing key must match!
ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
IssuerSigningKey = signingKey,
// Validate the JWT Issuer (iss) claim
ValidateIssuer = true,
ValidIssuer = Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:Issuer").Value,
// Validate the JWT Audience (aud) claim
ValidateAudience = true,
ValidAudience = Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:Audience").Value,
// Validate the token expiry
ValidateLifetime = true,
// If you want to allow a certain amount of clock drift, set that here:
ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero
};
var jwtBearerOptions = new JwtBearerOptions();
jwtBearerOptions.AutomaticAuthenticate = true;
jwtBearerOptions.AutomaticChallenge = true;
jwtBearerOptions.TokenValidationParameters = tokenValidationParameters;
jwtBearerOptions.SecurityTokenValidators.Clear();
//below line adds the custom validator class
jwtBearerOptions.SecurityTokenValidators.Add(new CustomJwtSecurityTokenHandler());
app.UseJwtBearerAuthentication(jwtBearerOptions);
var tokenProviderOptions = new TokenProviderOptions
{
Path = Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:TokenPath").Value,
Audience = Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:Audience").Value,
Issuer = Configuration.GetSection("TokenAuthentication:Issuer").Value,
SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(signingKey, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256)
};
app.UseMiddleware<TokenProviderMiddleware>(Options.Create(tokenProviderOptions));
}
Below is the custom validator class:
public class CustomJwtSecurityTokenHandler : ISecurityTokenValidator
{
private int _maxTokenSizeInBytes = TokenValidationParameters.DefaultMaximumTokenSizeInBytes;
private JwtSecurityTokenHandler _tokenHandler;
public CustomJwtSecurityTokenHandler()
{
_tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
}
public bool CanValidateToken
{
get
{
return true;
}
}
public int MaximumTokenSizeInBytes
{
get
{
return _maxTokenSizeInBytes;
}
set
{
_maxTokenSizeInBytes = value;
}
}
public bool CanReadToken(string securityToken)
{
return _tokenHandler.CanReadToken(securityToken);
}
public ClaimsPrincipal ValidateToken(string securityToken, TokenValidationParameters validationParameters, out SecurityToken validatedToken)
{
//How to access HttpContext/IP address from here?
var principal = _tokenHandler.ValidateToken(securityToken, validationParameters, out validatedToken);
return principal;
}
}
In case of stolen token, i would like to add an additional layer of security to validate that the request is coming from the same client who generated the token.
Questions:
- Is there any way i can access
HttpContext
within theCustomJwtSecurityTokenHandler
class so that i could add custom validations based on the current client/requestor? - Is there any other way we can validate the authenticity of the requestor using such method/middleware?