Paper on OAuth2

Identification, authentication, and authorization are becoming increasing problems as the internet expands into every facet of our existence. The burden of attempting to maintain secure account credentials across a number of resources is a real challenge with a traditional username and

password combination. If the same password is used on multiple sites and that password is compromised then all sites using that password are also at risk. If a user maintains unique passwords on different sites then the burden of managing those passwords becomes a problem. Where are those passwords stored? Is that a secure location? Are passwords stored with some sort of encryption? This whitepaper will examine some of the problems associated with identification, authentication, and authorization and explore OAuth2 as a potential solution to this problem.