What the Heck is OAuth and OIDC

Dive into the world of OAuth and OpenID Connect (OIDC) in this comprehensive 50-minute conference talk from Colorado CSA 2018. Explore the fundamentals of OAuth as an open standard for authorization, learning how it provides secure delegated access over HTTPS using access tokens. Understand the relationship between OIDC and OAuth 2.0, and discover how OIDC enables user identity verification and profile information retrieval. Gain insights into OAuth 2.0 and OIDC implementation, use cases, and helpful frameworks and services. Cover topics including OAuth history, scopes, flows, security issues, and practical applications with major providers like Google and Facebook. Benefit from demonstrations, additional resources, and online tools for OAuth and OIDC debugging. Leave equipped with the knowledge to implement secure authorization and authentication in your applications.