Re: [OAUTH-WG] Why OAuth it self is not an authentication framework ?

John Bradley <ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com> Tue, 05 February 2013 20:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Why OAuth it self is not an authentication framework ?
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OAuth is an Authorization protocol as many of us have pointed out.

The post is largely correct and based on one of mine.

John B.

On 2013-02-05, at 12:52 PM, Prabath Siriwardena <prabath@wso2.com> wrote:

> FYI and for your comments..
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> http://blog.facilelogin.com/2013/02/why-oauth-it-self-is-not-authentication.html
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