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

Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> Thu, 09 April 2015 18:49 UTC

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