OAuth 2.0 vs Session Management

5 years ago dzone.com

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by A lot of developers confuse OAuth with web session management and hence end up using the wrong protocol/set of technologies.

The difference between user session management and OAuth is the level of trust between the communicating parties.

YourApp has the following components: OtherApp has the following components: Now, let’s see the different access patterns: One way of doing this is to simply use session management between your frontend and backend.

The core difference between OAuth and session management is one of trust.

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