Use standard error response for failed mTLS auth#2079
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When the mtls middleware fails to validate the incoming client
certificate, or if no certificate is presented, it now returns an HTTP
400 response, and includes the standardized json error:
```
{
"error": "invalid_client",
"error_description": "mTLS authentication failed"
}
```
This conforms to RFC 8705:
> If no certificate is presented, or that which is presented doesn't
> match that which is expected for the given client_id, the
> authorization server returns a normal OAuth 2.0 error response per
> Section 5.2 of [RFC6749] with the invalid_client error code to
> indicate failed client authentication.
This commit also adds unit test coverage to the mTLS middleware.
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When the mtls middleware fails to validate the incoming client
certificate, or if no certificate is presented, it now returns an HTTP
400 response, and includes the standardized json error:
This conforms to RFC 8705: