OAuth Dance

The Password Antipattern

http://www.flickr.com/photos/philwolff/4600945049/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard-g/3549285383/

Valet Key

An open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard method

from desktop and web applications.

Single Identity, Share across numerous consumers

Share data, without sharing identity

Delegated Authority using Tokens

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kt/364996966/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57634636@N00/169159769/

No identity information is shared

API Independent

Tokens (permissions) can be revoked

Balaji Narayananhttp://balajin.net/blog/http://twitter.com/balajijeganhttp://slideshare.net/balajijeganhttp://github.com/balajijegan