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> despite the name, oauth2 is not about authentication, it's only about authorization OAuth is short for Authorization in the first place. https://datatracker
by tnzk 4y ago
> despite the name, oauth2 is not about authentication, it's only about authorization
OAuth is short for Authorization in the first place.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749
- quickthrower2 4y agoWhat a brilliant and unambiguous abbreviation!
- cratermoon 4y agoBecause this is my specialty, I long ago learned to specify either authn or authz. The OAuth spec should have been the OAuthz spec.
- tnzk 4y agoAgree, or could be OAF just like the way GNAP named itself. Btw, I'm relatively new to this field. Didn't the terms like authn/authz exist at the time they named OAuth? Or any other reason not to use them?