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Can you do SSO with OAuth?
What is OAuth? OAuth (Open Authorization) is an open standard for token-based authentication and authorization which is used to provide single sign-on (SSO). OAuth allows an end user’s account information to be used by third-party services, such as Facebook, without exposing the user’s password.
Is OAuth and SSO the same?
To Start, OAuth is not the same thing as Single Sign On (SSO). While they have some similarities — they are very different. OAuth is an authorization protocol. SSO is a high-level term used to describe a scenario in which a user uses the same credentials to access multiple domains.
How does OAuth2 SSO work?
OAuth2 is an authorization protocol that allows third parties (clients) to access content owned by a user (hosted in trusted applications, server resources) without them having to drive or know the user’s credentials.
Does OAuth use SAML?
You can use SAML for authentication. Once you have a SAML token/assertion, you can use that as the OAuth bearer token in the HTTP bearer header to access protected resources. Recently, we have had a requirement from the PicketLink community along these lines.
What’s the purpose of Auth0 SSO integrations?
The SSO Integrations provides you a packaged experience so that you can quickly configure any of the listed applications to use Auth0 for authentication. This does not mean that you cannot integrate applications not mentioned in the list; it just means that those, possibly due to popularity, got special treatment.
What is an OAuth domain?
The OAuth domain name is the domain name that will be used to restrict the value of the redirect_uri parameter when authenticating from your application. This is done as a security precaution to prevent others from using your API key and redirecting to a domain name that does not match the one specified in the registration form. The API…
What is SSO service?
Single sign-on (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials (e.g., name and password) to access multiple applications. SSO can be used by enterprises, smaller organizations, and individuals to mitigate the management of various usernames and passwords.