“The OAuth protocol enables websites or applications (Consumers) to access Protected Resources from a web service (Service Provider) via an API, without requiring Users to disclose their Service Provider credentials to the Consumers. More generally, OAuth creates a freely-implementable and generic methodology for API authentication.” oAuth is an open source project and has just released its 1.0 Draft Spec. Get involved and stay tuned for continued developments. URL: oAuth.
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