OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect

Difficulty: Advanced

Question

OAuth 2.0 vs. OIDC.

Answer

OAuth 2.0 is for **Authorization** (Access Tokens). OpenID Connect is built on top of it for **Authentication** (Identity/ID Tokens).

Concepts covered

OAuth2, OIDC, Authorization Code, Scopes

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