RFC 5849 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010

The OAuth 1.0 Protocol

Overview

RFC 5849, “The OAuth 1.0 Protocol”, is an Informational document published in April 2010 by E. Hammer-Lahav. It has been obsoleted by RFC 6749 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

OAuth provides a method for clients to access server resources on behalf of a resource owner (such as a different client or an end-user). It also provides a process for end-users to authorize third-party access to their server resources without sharing their credentials (typically, a username and password pair), using user-agent redirections. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 6749
Other RFCs from 2010

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