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Mastering OAuth 2.0

You're reading from   Mastering OAuth 2.0 Create powerful applications to interact with popular service providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and more by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784395407
Length 238 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Why Should I Care About OAuth 2.0? FREE CHAPTER 2. A Bird's Eye View of OAuth 2.0 3. Four Easy Steps 4. Register Your Application 5. Get an Access Token with the Client-Side Flow 6. Get an Access Token with the Server-Side Flow 7. Use Your Access Token 8. Refresh Your Access Token 9. Security Considerations 10. What About Mobile? 11. Tooling and Troubleshooting 12. Extensions to OAuth 2.0 A. Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant B. Client Credentials Grant C. Reference Specifications Index

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In this chapter, we discussed a lot of important topics relating to the security of your application. We looked at several best practices that should be observed when developing your application. It is important to be aware of all of these attack vectors, and mitigate any opportunities that you can for attackers to infiltrate your application. The best practices listed are good rules to follow, but they are not exhaustive. You should try and implement them all in your application. If you don't, at least have the understanding of the scenario so that you are prepared to deal with any attacks that may follow. We also looked at some of the most common attack scenarios on OAuth 2.0 clients, including methods to mitigate them. There are no silver bullets when it comes to security. All that we can do is try our best to plug any holes, and be vigilant in this effort as our application grows and evolves. In the next chapter, we will take a dedicated look at mobile applications and how they...

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