- File formats:
- Status:
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Updates:
- RFC 6749
- Authors:
- W. Denniss
J. Bradley - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- oauth (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8252
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Abstract
OAuth 2.0 authorization requests from native apps should only be made through external user-agents, primarily the user's browser. This specification details the security and usability reasons why this is the case and how native apps and authorization servers can implement this best practice.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.