What is Oauth?
- It is an access authentication token utilised to allow " Secure Delegated Access" to server ( as per WIKI) on behalf of the owner.
- It is an open standard for authorisation.
- It has been designed basically to work with Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
- Herein an authorisation server provides a third party access token with the approval of authorised users.
- Commonly used by Facebook, Twitter and other popular social media networking sites to allow users to login without any worry about their credentials being compromised.
(Image source wiki)
- This has been in the news because OAuth has been hacking community's favourite punching bag. latest to be compromised is the Bitly service.
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