oauth

Oauth is an authentication protocol used for [[web services]]. It was created as a way to get around basic HTTP authentication with a username and password.

Oauth roles

resource owner : entity capable of granting access to a protected resource

resource server : server hosting protected resource

client : application making request on behalf of resource owner

authorization server : server issuing tokens for client

Flow :ATTACH:

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