Re: [OAUTH-WG] Getting a username from an access id in oauth2

without further context the original question may be about retrieving 
the username of the user on whose behalf the OAuth 2.0 client is acting, 
which is a valid question with a valid (introspection) answer in a pure 
OAuth 2.0 scenario

Hans.

On 4/9/15 7:49 PM, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
> Brian,
>
> in addition to what Phil said let me provide you with two references:
>
> * Article about user authentication and OAuth:
> http://oauth.net/articles/authentication/
>
> * OpenID Connect specification as a way to do what you seem to be
> looking for:
> http://openid.net/connect/
>
> Ciao
> Hannes
>
>
> On 04/09/2015 08:45 PM, Phil Hunt wrote:
>> This has been a long standing issue. OAuth is an authorization protocol and not an authentication protocol.
>>
>> You might want to look at OpenID Connect for an OAuth profile that addresses your case.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2015, at 10:35, Brian Hurt <bhurt42@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> This is probably the wrong place to ask this question- if so, I apologize.  But I'm trying to figure out how to get a username given only an access id (and client id, etc.) in oauth2.  Is this possible, and if so, how?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
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