Monthly Archives: December 2013

Advanced OAuth2: Assertion Flow (how)

My last post described the mechanics and motivation for the OAuth2 assertion flow. In this post I want to show you how you can use Thinktecture AuthorizationServer to implement an assertion flow scenario. For this specific example I will use … Continue reading

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Advanced OAuth2: Assertion Flow (why)

The core OAuth2 spec defines so called flows, which are basically descriptions of the interactions between a client, a user and an authorization server to request access tokens. Another implied fact is, that the resource server and the authorization server … Continue reading

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MSDN article on CORS in Web API 2

Originally posted on brockallen:
My MSDN article on CORS in Web API is now out! Given the nature of CORS, I really wanted to spend much of the article explaining CORS by itself. With that understanding then it’s simple enough…

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