OAuth Dance - Yahoo! Open Hack Day Bangalore, 2011

by Balaji Narayanan on Jul 29, 2011

An introduction to OAuth

An introduction to OAuth

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It's usually a key that your car came with that will allow you to unlock and start the car, but with some cars will not open the trunk or glove compartment. It is usually a key that looks like a stripped down version of your regular key (or if you have one of those remote/key combos, it is just a key with no remote).
Use the SDK if available

OAuth Dance
The Password Antipattern
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philwolff/4600945049/
Valet Key
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard-g/3549285383/
An open protocolto allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.
Single Identity, Share across numerous consumers
Share data, without sharing identity
Delegated Authority using Tokens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kt/364996966/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57634636@N00/169159769/
No identity information is shared
API Independent
Tokens (permissions) can be revoked
Balaji Narayanan
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