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OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (in plain English)

OktaDev · 2M views · 2018-02-05 · 1:02:17

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Overview

Okta developer advocate Nate Barbettini explains OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect in a roughly hour-long talk. It starts from the problems the protocols solve and walks through the flows. The description notes the implicit flow material is now out of date.

On Hacker News

HN repeatedly points people to it as the clearest way to finally understand OAuth, to the point that one team made it required viewing for new hires.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2019–2026

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What people said

willsmith72 · 2024-04 · Strong recommendation

at my old company we worked with auth a lot, so it was a requirement for new joiners to watch this in their first week. i still recommend it if you want to learn oauth from 0 [VIDEO]

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butisaidsudo · 2023-04 · Strong recommendation

I read so many docs when I was trying to implement OAuth and got more and more confused. This video was a huge help though for explaining all of the concepts: [VIDEO]

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sakisv · 2020-07 · Strong recommendation

This also has a very nice and simple explanation of the whole thing: [VIDEO] It's about 1h long, but it's really worth it.

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