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A set of SASL and GSS-API Mechanisms for OAuth
draft-ietf-kitten-sasl-oauth-10

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 7628.
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Authors William Mills , Tim Showalter , Hannes Tschofenig
Last updated 2013-08-28 (Latest revision 2013-02-24)
Replaces draft-mills-kitten-sasl-oauth
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Abstract

OAuth enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to a protected resource, either on behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction, or by allowing the third-party application to obtain access on its own behalf. This document defines how an application client uses credentials obtained via OAuth over the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) or the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) to access a protected resource at a resource serve. Thereby, it enables schemes defined within the OAuth framework for non-HTTP-based application protocols. Clients typically store the user's long-term credential. This does, however, lead to significant security vulnerabilities, for example, when such a credential leaks. A significant benefit of OAuth for usage in those clients is that the password is replaced by a token. Tokens typically provided limited access rights and can be managed and revoked separately from the user's long-term credential (password).

Authors

William Mills
Tim Showalter
Hannes Tschofenig

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