README

java-webauthn-server
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Server-side https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/[Web Authentication] library for
Java. Provides implementations of the
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#sctn-rp-operations[Relying Party operations] required
for a server to support Web Authentication. This includes registering
authenticators and authenticating registered authenticators.


[WARNING]
.*Psychic signatures in Java*
==========
In April 2022, link:https://neilmadden.blog/2022/04/19/psychic-signatures-in-java/[CVE-2022-21449]
was disclosed in Oracle's OpenJDK (and other JVMs derived from it) which can impact applications using java-webauthn-server.
The impact is that for the most common type of WebAuthn credential, invalid signatures are accepted as valid,
allowing authentication bypass for users with such a credential.
Please read link:https://openjdk.java.net/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2022-04-19[Oracle's advisory]
and make sure you are not using one of the impacted OpenJDK versions.
If you are, we urge you to upgrade your Java deployment to a version that is safe.
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== Dependency configuration

Maven:

----------
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.yubico</groupId>
  <artifactId>webauthn-server-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
  <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
----------

Gradle:

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compile 'com.yubico:webauthn-server-core:2.0.0'
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NOTE: You may need additional dependencies with JCA providers to support some signature algorithms.
In particular, OpenJDK 14 and earlier does not include providers for the EdDSA family of algorithms.
The library will log warnings if you try to configure it for algorithms with no JCA provider available.


=== Semantic versioning

This library uses link:https://semver.org/[semantic versioning].
The public API consists of all public classes, methods and fields in the `com.yubico.webauthn` package and its subpackages,
i.e., everything covered by the
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/package-summary.html[Javadoc].

Package-private classes and methods are NOT part of the public API.
The `com.yubico:yubico-util` module is NOT part of the public API.
Breaking changes to these will NOT be reflected in version numbers.


=== Additional modules

In addition to the main `webauthn-server-core` module, there is also:

- link:webauthn-server-attestation[`webauthn-server-attestation`]: Integration with the https://fidoalliance.org/metadata/[FIDO Metadata Service]
  for retrieving and selecting trust roots to use for verifying
  https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#sctn-attestation[attestation statements].


== Features

- Generates request objects suitable as parameters to
  `navigator.credentials.create()` and `.get()`
- Performs all necessary
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#sctn-rp-operations[validation logic] on the
  response from the client
- No mutable state or side effects - everything (except builders) is thread safe
- Optionally integrates with an "attestation trust source" to verify
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#sctn-attestation[authenticator attestations]
- Reproducible builds: release signatures match fresh builds from source. See
  link:#reproducible-builds[Reproducible builds] below.


=== Non-features

This library has no concept of accounts, sessions, permissions or identity
federation, and it is not an authentication framework; it only deals with
executing the WebAuthn authentication mechanism. Sessions, account management
and other higher level concepts can make use of this authentication mechanism,
but the authentication mechanism alone does not make a security system.


== Documentation

See the
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/package-summary.html[Javadoc]
for in-depth API documentation.


== Migrating from version `1.x`

See link:doc/Migrating_from_v1.adoc[the migration guide].


== Getting started

Using this library comes in two parts: the server side and the client side.
The server side involves:

 1. Implement the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/CredentialRepository.html[`CredentialRepository`]
    interface with your database access logic.
 2. Instantiate the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html[`RelyingParty`]
    class.
 3. Use the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#startRegistration(com.yubico.webauthn.StartRegistrationOptions)[`RelyingParty.startRegistration(...)`]
    and
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishRegistration(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishRegistrationOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshRegistration(...)`]
    methods to perform registration ceremonies.
 4. Use the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#startAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.StartAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.startAssertion(...)`]
    and
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshAssertion(...)`]
    methods to perform authentication ceremonies.
 5. Use the outputs of `finishRegistration` and `finishAssertion` to update your database, initiate sessions, etc.

The client side involves:

 1. Call `navigator.credentials.create()` or `.get()`,
    passing the result from `RelyingParty.startRegistration(...)` or `.startAssertion(...)` as the argument.
 2. Encode the result of the successfully resolved promise and return it to the server.
    For this you need some way to encode `Uint8Array` values;
    this guide will use GitHub's link:https://github.com/github/webauthn-json[webauthn-json] library.

Example code is given below.
For more detailed example usage, see
link:webauthn-server-demo[`webauthn-server-demo`] for a complete demo server.


=== 1. Implement a `CredentialRepository`

The
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/CredentialRepository.html[`CredentialRepository`]
interface abstracts your database in a database-agnostic way.
The concrete implementation will be different for every project, but you can use
link:https://github.com/Yubico/java-webauthn-server/blob/main/webauthn-server-demo/src/main/java/demo/webauthn/InMemoryRegistrationStorage.java[`InMemoryRegistrationStorage`]
as a simple example.

=== 2. Instantiate a `RelyingParty`

The
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html[`RelyingParty`]
class is the main entry point to the library.
You can instantiate it using its builder methods,
passing in your
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/CredentialRepository.html[`CredentialRepository`]
implementation (called `MyCredentialRepository` here) as an argument:

[source,java]
----------
RelyingPartyIdentity rpIdentity = RelyingPartyIdentity.builder()
    .id("example.com")  // Set this to a parent domain that covers all subdomains
                        // where users' credentials should be valid
    .name("Example Application")
    .build();

RelyingParty rp = RelyingParty.builder()
    .identity(rpIdentity)
    .credentialRepository(new MyCredentialRepository())
    .build();
----------

=== 3. Registration

A registration ceremony consists of 5 main steps:

 1. Generate registration parameters using
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#startRegistration(com.yubico.webauthn.StartRegistrationOptions)[`RelyingParty.startRegistration(...)`].
 2. Send registration parameters to the client and call
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CredentialsContainer/create[`navigator.credentials.create()`].
 3. With `cred` as the result of the successfully resolved promise,
    call https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#ref-for-dom-publickeycredential-getclientextensionresults[`cred.getClientExtensionResults()`]
    and https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#ref-for-dom-authenticatorattestationresponse-gettransports[`cred.response.getTransports()`]
    and return their results along with `cred` to the server.
 4. Validate the response using
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishRegistration(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishRegistrationOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshRegistration(...)`].
 5. Update your database using the `finishRegistration` output.

This example uses GitHub's link:https://github.com/github/webauthn-json[webauthn-json] library to do both (2) and (3) in one function call.

First, generate registration parameters and send them to the client:

[source,java]
----------
Optional<UserIdentity> findExistingUser(String username) { /* ... */ }

PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions request = rp.startRegistration(
  StartRegistrationOptions.builder()
    .user(
        findExistingUser("alice")
            .orElseGet(() -> {
                byte[] userHandle = new byte[64];
                random.nextBytes(userHandle);
                return UserIdentity.builder()
                    .name("alice")
                    .displayName("Alice Hypothetical")
                    .id(new ByteArray(userHandle))
                    .build();
            })
    )
    .build());

String credentialCreateJson = request.toCredentialsCreateJson();
return credentialCreateJson;  // Send to client
----------

You will need to keep this
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/data/PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions.html[`PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions`]
object in temporary storage
so you can also pass it into
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishRegistration(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishRegistrationOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshRegistration(...)`]
later.

Now call the WebAuthn API on the client side:

[source,javascript]
----------
import * as webauthnJson from "@github/webauthn-json";

// Make the call that returns the credentialCreateJson above
const credentialCreateOptions = await fetch(/* ... */).then(resp => resp.json());

// Call WebAuthn ceremony using webauthn-json wrapper
const publicKeyCredential = await webauthnJson.create(credentialCreateOptions);

// Return encoded PublicKeyCredential to server
fetch(/* ... */, { body: JSON.stringify(publicKeyCredential) });
----------

Validate the response on the server side:

[source,java]
----------
String publicKeyCredentialJson = /* ... */;     // publicKeyCredential from client
PublicKeyCredential<AuthenticatorAttestationResponse, ClientRegistrationExtensionOutputs> pkc =
    PublicKeyCredential.parseRegistrationResponseJson(publicKeyCredentialJson);

try {
    RegistrationResult result = rp.finishRegistration(FinishRegistrationOptions.builder()
        .request(request)  // The PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions from startRegistration above
                           // NOTE: Must be stored in server memory or otherwise protected against tampering
        .response(pkc)
        .build());
} catch (RegistrationFailedException e) { /* ... */ }
----------

Finally, if the previous step was successful, store the new credential in your database.
Here is an example of things you will likely want to store:

[source,java]
----------
storeCredential(             // Some database access method of your own design
  "alice",                   // Username or other appropriate user identifier
  result.getKeyId(),         // Credential ID and transports for allowCredentials
  result.getPublicKeyCose(), // Public key for verifying authentication signatures
  result.isDiscoverable(),   // Can this key be used for username-less auth?
  result.signatureCount(),   // Initial signature counter value
  pkc.getResponse().getAttestationObject(), // Store attestation object for future reference
  pkc.getResponse().getClientDataJSON()     // Store client data for re-verifying signature if needed
);
----------


=== 4. Authentication

Like registration ceremonies, an authentication ceremony consists of 5 main steps:

 1. Generate authentication parameters using
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#startAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.StartAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.startAssertion(...)`].
 2. Send authentication parameters to the client, call
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CredentialsContainer/get[`navigator.credentials.get()`]
    and return the response.
 3. With `cred` as the result of the successfully resolved promise, call
    https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#ref-for-dom-publickeycredential-getclientextensionresults[`cred.getClientExtensionResults()`]
    and return the result along with `cred` to the server.
 4. Validate the response using
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshAssertion(...)`].
 5. Update your database using the `finishAssertion` output, and act upon the result (for example, grant login access).

This example uses GitHub's link:https://github.com/github/webauthn-json[webauthn-json] library to do both (2) and (3) in one function call.

First, generate authentication parameters and send them to the client:

[source,java]
----------
AssertionRequest request = rp.startAssertion(StartAssertionOptions.builder()
    .username("alice")     // Or .userHandle(ByteArray) if preferred
    .build());
String credentialGetJson = request.toCredentialsGetJson();
return credentialGetJson;  // Send to client
----------

Again, you will need to keep this
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/AssertionRequest.html[`AssertionRequest`]
object in temporary storage
so you can also pass it into
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshAssertion(...)`]
later.

Now call the WebAuthn API on the client side:

[source,javascript]
----------
import * as webauthnJson from "@github/webauthn-json";

// Make the call that returns the credentialGetJson above
const credentialGetOptions = await fetch(/* ... */).then(resp => resp.json());

// Call WebAuthn ceremony using webauthn-json wrapper
const publicKeyCredential = await webauthnJson.get(credentialGetOptions);

// Return encoded PublicKeyCredential to server
fetch(/* ... */, { body: JSON.stringify(publicKeyCredential) });
----------

Validate the response on the server side:

[source,java]
----------
String publicKeyCredentialJson = /* ... */;  // publicKeyCredential from client
PublicKeyCredential<AuthenticatorAssertionResponse, ClientAssertionExtensionOutputs> pkc =
    PublicKeyCredential.parseAssertionResponseJson(publicKeyCredentialJson);

try {
    AssertionResult result = rp.finishAssertion(FinishAssertionOptions.builder()
        .request(request)  // The PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions from startAssertion above
        .response(pkc)
        .build());

    if (result.isSuccess()) {
        return result.getUsername();
    }
} catch (AssertionFailedException e) { /* ... */ }
throw new RuntimeException("Authentication failed");
----------

Finally, if the previous step was successful, update your database using the
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/AssertionResult.html[`AssertionResult`].
Most importantly, you should update the signature counter. That might look something like this:

[source,java]
----------
updateCredential(              // Some database access method of your own design
  "alice",                     // Query by username or other appropriate user identifier
  result.getCredentialId(),    // Query by credential ID of the credential used
  result.signatureCount(),     // Set new signature counter value
  Clock.systemUTC().instant()  // Set time of last use (now)
);
----------

Then do whatever else you need - for example, initiate a user session.


=== 5. Passwordless, username-less authentication

WebAuthn supports passwordless multi-factor authentication via on-authenticator
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#user-verification[user verification],
and username-less authentication via
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#discoverable-credential[discoverable credentials]
(sometimes the term "passwordless" is used to mean the combination of both, but
here the two are treated separately).

Discoverable credentials must be enabled at registration time by setting the
link:https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#dom-publickeycredentialcreationoptions-authenticatorselection[`authenticatorSelection`].link:https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#dom-authenticatorselectioncriteria-residentkey[`residentKey`]
option:

[source,java]
----------
PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions request = rp.startRegistration(
  StartRegistrationOptions.builder()
    .user(/* ... */)
    .authenticatorSelection(AuthenticatorSelectionCriteria.builder()
        .residentKey(ResidentKeyRequirement.REQUIRED)
        .build())
    .build());
----------

The username can then be omitted when starting an authentication ceremony:

[source,java]
----------
AssertionRequest request = rp.startAssertion(StartAssertionOptions.builder().build());
----------

Some authenticators might enable this feature even if not required, and setting
the `residentKey` option to `ResidentKeyRequirement.PREFERRED` will enable it if the
authenticator supports it. The
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#sctn-authenticator-credential-properties-extension[`credProps` extension]
can be used to determine whether the created credential is discoverable, and is enabled by default.

User verification can be enforced independently per authentication ceremony:

[source,java]
----------
AssertionRequest request = rp.startAssertion(StartAssertionOptions.builder()
    .username("alice")
    .userVerification(UserVerificationRequirement.REQUIRED)
    .build());
----------

Then
link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html#finishAssertion(com.yubico.webauthn.FinishAssertionOptions)[`RelyingParty.fininshAssertion(...)`]
will enforce that user verification was performed.
However, there is no guarantee that the user's authenticator will support this
unless the user has some credential created with the
link:https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#dom-publickeycredentialcreationoptions-authenticatorselection[`authenticatorSelection`].link:https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#dom-authenticatorselectioncriteria-userverification[`userVerification`]
option set:

[source,java]
----------
PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions request = rp.startRegistration(
  StartRegistrationOptions.builder()
    .user(/* ... */)
    .authenticatorSelection(AuthenticatorSelectionCriteria.builder()
        .userVerification(UserVerificationRequirement.REQUIRED)
        .build())
    .build());
----------


== Migrating from U2F

This section is only relevant for applications that have user credentials registered via the
link:https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.2-ps-20170411/fido-u2f-javascript-api-v1.2-ps-20170411.html[U2F JavaScript API].
New WebAuthn deployments can skip this section.

The WebAuthn API is backwards-compatible with U2F authenticators,
and credentials registered via the U2F API will continue to work with the WebAuthn API with the right settings.

To migrate to using the WebAuthn API, you need to do the following:

 1. Follow the link:#getting-started[Getting started] guide above to set up WebAuthn support in general.
+
Note that unlike a U2F AppID, the WebAuthn link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/data/RelyingPartyIdentity.RelyingPartyIdentityBuilder.html#id(java.lang.String)[RP ID]
consists of only the domain name of the AppID.
WebAuthn does not support link:https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.2-ps-20170411/fido-appid-and-facets-v1.2-ps-20170411.html[U2F Trusted Facet Lists].

 2. Set the
  link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.RelyingPartyBuilder.html#appId(com.yubico.webauthn.extension.appid.AppId)[`appId()`]
  setting on your
  link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RelyingParty.html[`RelyingParty`]
  instance.
  The argument to the `appid()` setting should be the same as you used for the `appId` argument to the
  link:https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.2-ps-20170411/fido-u2f-javascript-api-v1.2-ps-20170411.html#high-level-javascript-api[U2F `register` and `sign` functions].
+
This will enable the link:https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#sctn-appid-extension[`appid`]
and link:https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#sctn-appid-exclude-extension[`appidExclude`]
extensions and configure the `RelyingParty` to accept the given AppId when verifying authenticator signatures.

 3. Generate a link:https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#user-handle[user handle]
    for each existing user and store it in their account,
    or decide on a method for deriving one deterministically from existing user attributes.
    For example, if your user records are assigned UUIDs, you can use that UUID as the user handle.
    You SHOULD NOT use a plain username or e-mail address, or hash of either, as the user handle -
    for more on this, see the link:https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#sctn-user-handle-privacy[User Handle Contents]
    privacy consideration.

 4. When your
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/CredentialRepository.html[`CredentialRepository`]
    creates a
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RegisteredCredential.html[`RegisteredCredential`]
    for a U2F credential,
    use the U2F key handle as the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RegisteredCredential.RegisteredCredentialBuilder.html#credentialId(com.yubico.webauthn.data.ByteArray)[credential ID].
    If you store key handles base64 encoded, you should decode them using
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/data/ByteArray.html#fromBase64(java.lang.String)[`ByteArray.fromBase64`]
    or
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/data/ByteArray.html#fromBase64Url(java.lang.String)[`ByteArray.fromBase64Url`]
    as appropriate before passing them to the `RegisteredCredential`.

 5. When your `CredentialRepository` creates a `RegisteredCredential` for a U2F credential,
    use the
    link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RegisteredCredential.RegisteredCredentialBuilder.html#publicKeyEs256Raw(com.yubico.webauthn.data.ByteArray)[`publicKeyEs256Raw()`]
    method instead of link:https://developers.yubico.com/java-webauthn-server/JavaDoc/webauthn-server-core/2.0.0/com/yubico/webauthn/RegisteredCredential.RegisteredCredentialBuilder.html#publicKeyCose(com.yubico.webauthn.data.ByteArray)[`publicKeyCose()`]
    to set the credential public key.

 6. Replace calls to the U2F
    link:https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.2-ps-20170411/fido-u2f-javascript-api-v1.2-ps-20170411.html#high-level-javascript-api[`register`]
    method with calls to `navigator.credentials.create()` as described in link:#getting-started[Getting started].

 7. Replace calls to the U2F
    link:https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-u2f-v1.2-ps-20170411/fido-u2f-javascript-api-v1.2-ps-20170411.html#high-level-javascript-api[`sign`]
    method with calls to `navigator.credentials.get()` as described in link:#getting-started[Getting started].

Existing U2F credentials should now work with the WebAuthn API.

Note that new credentials registered on U2F authenticators via the WebAuthn API
are NOT backwards compatible with the U2F JavaScript API.


== Architecture

The library tries to place as few requirements on the overall application
architecture as possible. For this reason it is stateless and free from side
effects, and does not directly interact with any database. This means it is
database agnostic and thread safe. The following diagram illustrates an example
architecture for an application using the library.

image::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yubico/java-webauthn-server/main/docs/img/demo-architecture.svg?sanitize=true["Example application architecture",align="center"]

The application manages all state and database access, and communicates with the
library via POJO representations of requests and responses. The following
diagram illustrates the data flow during a WebAuthn registration or
authentication ceremony.

image::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yubico/java-webauthn-server/main/docs/img/demo-sequence-diagram.svg?sanitize=true["WebAuthn ceremony sequence diagram",align="center"]

In this diagram, the *Client* is the user's browser and the application's
client-side scripts. The *Server* is the application and its business logic, the
*Library* is this library, and the *Users* database stores registered WebAuthn
credentials.

. The client requests to start the ceremony, for example by submitting a form.
  The `username` may or may not be known at this point. For example, the user
  might be requesting to create a new account, or we might be using
  username-less authentication.

. If the user does not already have a
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#user-handle[user handle], the application
  creates one in some application-specific way.

. The application may choose to authenticate the user with a password or the
  like before proceeding.

. The application calls one of the library's "start" methods to generate a
  parameter object to be passed to `navigator.credentials.create()` or `.get()`
  on the client.

. The library generates a random challenge and an assortment of other arguments
  depending on configuration set by the application.

. If the `username` is known, the library uses a read-only database adapter
  provided by the application to look up the user's credentials.

. The returned list of https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#credential-id[credential
  IDs] is used to populate the
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#dom-publickeycredentialcreationoptions-excludecredentials[`excludeCredentials`]
  or
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#dom-publickeycredentialrequestoptions-allowcredentials[`allowCredentials`]
  parameter.

. The library returns a `request` object which can be serialized to JSON and
  passed as the `publicKey` argument to `navigator.credentials.create()` or
  `.get()`. For registration ceremonies this will be a
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#dictdef-publickeycredentialcreationoptions[`PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions`],
  and for authentication ceremonies it will be a
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#dictdef-publickeycredentialrequestoptions[`PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions`].
  The application stores the `request` in temporary storage.

. The application's client-side script runs `navigator.credentials.create()` or
  `.get()` with `request` as the `publicKey` argument.

. The user confirms the operation and the client returns a
  https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#public-key-credential[`PublicKeyCredential`]
  object `response` to the application.

. The application retrieves the `request` from temporary storage and passes
  `request` and `response` to one of the library's "finish" methods to run the
  response validation logic.

. The library verifies that the `response` contents - challenge, origin, etc. -
  are valid.

. If this is an authentication ceremony, the library uses the database adapter
  to look up the public key for the credential named in `response.id`.

. The database adapter returns the public key.

. The library verifies the authentication signature.

. The library returns a POJO representation of the result of the ceremony. For
  registration ceremonies, this will include the credential ID and public key of
  the new credential. The application may opt in to also getting
  information about the authenticator model and whether the authenticator
  attestation is trusted. For authentication ceremonies, this will include the
  username and user handle, the credential ID of the credential used, and the
  new https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#signature-counter[signature counter] value
  for the credential.

. The application inspects the result object and takes any appropriate actions
  as defined by its business logic.

. If the result is not satisfactory, the application reports failure to the
  client.

. If the result is satisfactory, the application proceeds with storing the new
  credential if this is a registration ceremony.

. If this is an authentication ceremony, the application updates the signature
  counter stored in the database for the credential.

. Finally, the application reports success and resumes its business logic.


== Using attestation

WebAuthn supports
link:https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/#sctn-attestation[authenticator attestation],
which provides a way for the web service
to request cryptographic proof of what authenticator the user is using.
Most services do not need this, and it is disabled by default.

The link:webauthn-server-attestation[`webauthn-server-attestation` module]
provides optional additional features for working with attestation.
See the module documentation for more details.


== Building

Use the included
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html[Gradle wrapper] to
build the `.jar` artifact:

[source,shell]
----------
$ ./gradlew :webauthn-server-core:jar
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The output is built in the `webauthn-server-core/build/libs/` directory, and the
version is derived from the most recent Git tag. Builds done on a tagged commit
will have a plain `x.y.z` version number, while a build on any other commit will
result in a version number containing the abbreviated commit hash.


To run the tests:

[source,shell]
----------
$ ./gradlew check
----------

To run the http://pitest.org/[PIT mutation tests] (this may take upwards of 30
minutes):

[source,shell]
----------
$ ./gradlew pitest
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=== Reproducible builds
Starting in version `1.4.0-RC2`, artifacts are built reproducibly. Fresh builds from
tagged commits should therefore be verifiable by signatures from Maven Central
and GitHub releases:

[source,shell]
----------
$ git checkout 1.4.0-RC2
$ ./gradlew :webauthn-server-core:jar

$ wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/yubico/webauthn-server-core/1.4.0-RC2/webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar.asc
$ gpg --verify webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar.asc webauthn-server-core/build/libs/webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar

$ wget https://github.com/Yubico/java-webauthn-server/releases/download/1.4.0-RC2/webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar.asc
$ gpg --verify webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar.asc webauthn-server-core/build/libs/webauthn-server-core-1.4.0-RC2.jar
----------

Note that building with a different JDK may produce a different artifact. To
ensure binary reproducibility, please build with the same JDK as specified in
the release notes. Reproducible builds also require building from a Git
repository, since the build embeds version number and Git commit ID into the
built artifacts.

Official Yubico software signing keys are listed on the
https://developers.yubico.com/Software_Projects/Software_Signing.html[Yubico
Developers site].