Full Stack Journey > Ep. 75 | February 21, 2023 

Full Stack Journey 075: Authentication’s Role In The Online World

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You’ve probably heard terms such as authentication, authorization, OAuth2, OIDC, WebAuthn, but maybe you don’t have a good idea of exactly what they are or when they’re used.

Authentication is a key technology that underpins large portions of the online world, and so it’s worth exploring in a bit more detail. In this episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott talks with Dan Moore of FusionAuth about all things authentication.

We discuss

  • What is authentication?
  • What kinds or types of authentication are there out there?
  • What are some of the considerations around authentication?
  • What is OAuth2? What’s OIDC?
  • What is WebAuthn?
  • What are some related technologies?

Show Notes:

@mooreds – Dan Moore on Twitter

ruby.social/@mooreds – Dan Moore on Mastodon

Modern guide to OAuth – FusionAuth

Intro to WebAuthn – FushionAuth

RFC 6749 (the OAuth2 RFC)

The specification for OpenID Connect – OpenID

The specification for WebAuthn – W3C

API Tokens: A Tedious Survey – Fly.io

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