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CloudIdentity
Personal blog · cloudidentity.com/blogsecurityprogramming
CloudIdentity is a personal blog at cloudidentity.com about security and programming. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “OAuth 2.0 and Sign-In (2013)”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for explanations of identity protocols, such as the difference between OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0. One commenter cites its account of OAuth 2.0 as a clear explanation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- OAuth 2.0 and Sign-In (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-03
What Hacker News says?
Basically, OpenID Connect is for federated authentication , and OAuth2 is for delegated authorization . I like Vitorrio's explanation: http://www.cloudidentity.com/blog/2013/01/02/oauth-2-0-and-s...
Comment linking /blog/2013/01/02/oauth-2-0-and-sign-in-4/
on “Google is shutting down OpenID 2.0”Submitted OAuth 2.0 and Sign-In (2013) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Clients shouldn’t peek inside access tokens (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion