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Articles, tutorials, and field notes on identity, integration, API management, and application security — spanning nearly two decades of hands-on work.
SAML2 vs JWT: Understanding OAuth2
This blog post continues the SAML2 vs JWT series. In the last post, we discussed JSON Web Tokens. Now, we are going to move on to OAuth2 and OpenID Connect, which provides some structure and protocol around the use of JWT. These protocols are used, along with JWT, to build the JWT use cases this…
Azure Active Directory Setup for API Actors
This post outlines how to setup an Azure Active Directory tenant with a Pay-As-You-Go or Free subscription (which only lasts for 30 days). This post is an ancillary post that gives the AAD configuration details needed for the Apigee and Azure Active Directory Integration — A JWT Story post to…
SAML2 vs JWT: Apigee & Azure Active Directory Integration — A JWT Story
In our next SAML2 vs JWT post, we are going to use a JWT with a very simple API that is proxied through Apigee Edge Public Cloud. The JWT token will be an OAuth2 access token generated by Azure Active Directory. In the last post in this series, we explored what JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) are and the…
SAML2 vs JWT: Understanding JSON Web Token (JWT)
In this post, we begin our exploration of the JSON Web Token (JWT) specification as part of the SAML v2.0 vs JWT Series. To understand JWT use cases, we must also look at OpenID Connect v1.0, OAuth v2.0, and and a few related specifications — the JWT spec by itself is not very interesting or…
SAML v2.0 vs. JWT: SAML2 Single Logout
This post wraps our look at SAML v2.0 Use Cases. The first four use cases are described in “SAML v2.0 vs JWT: SAML2 Web Application SSO Use Cases” and “SAML v2.0 vs. JWT: SAML2 with SOAP Web Services and REST APIs”. The full list of SAML2 vs JWT-related blog posts can be found here.
SAML v2.0 vs. JWT: SAML2 with SOAP Web Services and REST APIs
This post continues our look at SAML v2.0 Use Cases. The first two use cases are described in “SAML v2.0 vs JWT: SAML2 Web Application SSO Use Cases”. The full list of SAML2 vs JWT-related blog posts can be found here.
SAML v2.0 vs. JWT Series
This is a list of all the SAML2 vs JWT related posts I have written. This series explores SAML2 use cases, JWT use cases, the relevant specifications, and explores how the two technologies differ. The reader will see how identity federation technology has evolved over the past fifteen years.
SAML v2.0 vs JWT: SAML2 Web Application SSO Use Cases
This post continues our look at SAML v2.0 and how it compares to JSON Web Tokens (JWT). In the last post, we looked at the history, specs, and basics of SAML v2.0. In this post, we begin exploring SAML v2.0 use cases in detail.
API GOVERNANCE IN THE ENTERPRISE
This post was originally published as “API Governance in the Enterprise” on the Levvel Blog.
SAML 2.0 VS. JWT: UNDERSTANDING FEDERATED IDENTITY AND SAML
This post was originally published as “SAML 2.0 VS. JWT: UNDERSTANDING FEDERATED IDENTITY AND SAML” on the Levvel Blog.
API MANAGEMENT AND PERIMETER SECURITY FOR COTS APPLICATIONS
This post was originally published as “API Management and Perimeter Security for COTS Applications” on the Levvel Blog.
API Security vs. Web Application Security: Part 2
This post was originally published as “API Security vs. Web Application Security: Part 2” on the Levvel Blog.