Category Archives: authentication

Twitter Testing "OAuth Delegation" With Select Partners – Genius

Posted on February 5, 2010 by jessestay

A common complaint amongst Twitter developers has been that Twitter’s OAuth, the authentication process you see when you click the Twitter login button on a 3rd party website and go to a Twitter-looking page with a “Allow” or “Deny” button, … Continue reading →

Posted in api, authentication, delegation, Geeky, oauth, plain-text, Technology, Twitter, twitter api | 28 Comments

Oh, the Trouble With OAuth

Posted on August 7, 2009 by jessestay

This article has been sitting on my desk for the past week or so, and recent activities around the Twitter/Facebook/LiveJournal/Blogger DDoS attacks have made it even more applicable, so it’s good I waited. The problem centers around the “Open” authentication … Continue reading →

Posted in authentication, authorization, ddos, Geeky, oauth, openid, Technology, Twitter | 18 Comments