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Remove ``bind_msisdn`` and ``bind_email`` from ``/register`` now that the identity server's bind endpoint requires authentication.
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# MSC2263: Give homeservers the ability to handle their own 3PID registrations/password resets
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In order to better protect the privacy of a user, Matrix is wanting to shift to
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a model where identity servers have less control over the affairs of the homeserver.
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Identity servers are currently used to reset the passwords of users on a given homeserver
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as an identity verification technique, however there is no reason why the homeserver
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itself can't handle the verification. This proposal allows for a homeserver to verify
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the identity of users itself, without the use of an identity server.
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## Proposal
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The `id_server` parameter is to become optional on the following endpoints:
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* `/_matrix/client/:version/account/3pid/:medium/requestToken`
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* `/_matrix/client/:version/register/:medium/requestToken`
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* `/_matrix/client/:version/account/password/:medium/requestToken`
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The `id_server` parameter is additionally deprecated with intention of being removed
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in a future specification release on the `/register/:medium` and `/account/password/:medium`
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endpoints. Once appropriate adoption has been achieved, the specification can safely
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remove the parameter as supported. The reason for this deprecation is to completely
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remove the identity server's ability to be involved in password resets/registration.
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Users wishing to bind their 3rd party identifiers can do so after registration, and
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clients can automate this if they so desire.
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Note that `bind_email` and `bind_msisdn` on `/register` have already been removed
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by [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140).
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As per [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140), an `id_access_token`
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is required only if an `id_server` is supplied.
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Although not specified as required in the specification currently, the `id_server`
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as part of User-Interactive Authentication is also optional if this proposal is accepted.
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When the client requests a token without an `id_server`, it should not specify an
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`id_server` in UIA.
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Homeservers can reuse HTTP 400 `M_SERVER_NOT_TRUSTED` as an error code on the `/requestToken`
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endpoints listed above if they do not trust the identity server the user is supplying.
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In order to allow client implementations to determine if the homeserver they are developed
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against supports `id_server` being optional, an unstable feature flag of `m.require_identity_server`
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is to be added to `/versions`. When the flag is `true` or not present, clients must assume
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that the homeserver requires an `id_server` (ie: it has not yet considered it optional).
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If this proposal is accepted, clients are expected to use the supported specification versions
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the homeserver advertises instead of the feature flag's presence.
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## Tradeoffs
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Homeservers may have to set up MSISDN/email support to their implementations. This is believed
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to be of minimal risk compared to allowing the identity server to continue being involved
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with password reset/registration.
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## Security considerations
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The identity server was previously involved with affairs only the homeserver cares about.
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This is no longer the case.
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