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OpenID Connect

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Despite OAuth’s close association with authentication, if you want to use it for web or mobile login, you’ll should use OpenID Connect. Both a profile and extension of OAuth, OpenID Connect defines some of the features necessary to use OAuth for federated identity.

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Schwartz, M., Machulak, M. (2018). OpenID Connect. In: Securing the Perimeter. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2601-8_5

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