What exactly is OAuth (Open Authorization)?
What exactly is OAuth (Open Authorization)? I have gleaned some information from OAuth Twitter Tutorial: What is OAuth And What It Means To … Read more
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Why do access tokens expire?
I am just getting started working with Google API and OAuth2. When the client authorizes my app I am given a “refresh token” … Read more
What is the OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token exactly?
According to RFC6750-The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage, the bearer token is: A security token with the property that any party … Read more
What is the purpose of the implicit grant authorization type in OAuth 2?
I don’t know if I just have some kind of blind spot or what, but I’ve read the OAuth 2 spec many times … Read more
OAuth 2.0: Benefits and use cases — why?
Could anyone explain what’s good about OAuth2 and why we should implement it? I ask because I’m a bit confused about it — … Read more
How is OAuth 2 different from OAuth 1?
In very simple terms, can someone explain the difference between OAuth 2 and OAuth 1? Is OAuth 1 obsolete now? Should we be … Read more