Remember OAuth
Full name: Open Authorization
Memory aid: Open the door to Authorized access without sharing the password.
OAuth alone is not an authentication protocol.
Study area: Identity & access · Batch 3
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC-900 · Identity and Access Administrator SC-300 · ISC2 CC · Cybersecurity Architect SC-100
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OAuth — Open Authorization
Delegates limited access to resources using an authorization framework.
Why learn OAuth — Open Authorization?
Delegates limited access to resources using an authorization framework.
Where it came from
OAuth alone is not an authentication protocol.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Open the door to Authorized access without sharing the password.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand OAuth: Open Authorization.
- Recall this memory aid: Open the door to Authorized access without sharing the password.
- Explain the practical use: Delegates limited access to resources using an authorization framework.
- Explain this distinction: OAuth alone is not an authentication protocol.
- Identify OAuth in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- IETF RFC 6749 (www.rfc-editor.org)