Abstract
In this chapter, we’ll explain what you’ll need for your iOS app to handle user accounts securely; we’ll begin by discussing OAuth, an open source authentication protocol, and then we’ll talk about using HTTP with the SSL/TSL protocol, otherwise known as HTTPS.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Chris Dannen, Christopher White
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Dannen, C., White, C. (2011). Working Securely with OAuth and Accounts. In: Beginning iOS Apps with Facebook and Twitter APIs. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3543-9_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3543-9_5
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4302-3542-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4302-3543-9
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)Apress Access Books