OAuth is an open standard for authorizing access to data. It is a service that is complementary to, but distinct from, OpenID.
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Essential things to think about before outsourcing authentication with OpenID, OAuth, or SAML
It's clear there there is no consistent set of features among any of the popular authentication providers.
Below is an attempt to aggregate the similarities and differences I've noticed, but I ...
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Isn't OAuth, OpenID, Facebook Connect, and others crazy from a security standpoint?
I work with APIs all the time and I work with web developers who insist that OAuth, OpenID, etc are far superior than a home-brew method. Every site seems to be using these as well now for ease of use ...
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What are the downsides of BrowserID/Persona compared to OpenID/OAuth/Facebook?
Mozilla went live with a new service called BrowserID/Persona (announcement, background). It is intended to replace current single-sign-on solutions such as OpenID, OAuth and Facebook.
One advantage ...
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Is Facebook Connect or Twitter OAuth PCI Compliant?
We have a system that stores credit cards securely on file. We'd love to allow users to sign up using Facebook Connect or Twitter.
Obviously this wouldn't be secure if we were trusting just any old ...
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Security drawbacks for using short-lived access token in javascript client side
I intend to build a front end site entirely in javascript (NodeJS) and i would like to do ajax calls to a REST WS which is on another domain on client side.
I intend to use oauth2 and SSL to secure ...
