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OpenID Connect (OIDC)

OpenID is an identity federation method that enables users to be authenticated on cooperating websites by a third-party authentication service.

  • enables users to retain a single account for all participating sites

OpenID Connect (OIDC) is modern successor authentication protocol to OpenID.

  • is the identity and authentication provider that helps prove identities to other services
  • works with Open Authorization (OAuth)
  • OpenID Direct adds a layer of authentication to OAuth 2.0, the latest version of the protocol
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How it Works

  • user registers with an OpenID system in a given domain like they would with any other account
  • site under this OpenID domain will then give the user the option to sign in using this system
  • site contacts its external OpenID provider in order to verify that the login credentials supplied by the user are correct
  • large companies use their own OpenID systems

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