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New Tutorial Series: OAuth 2.0 with Layer 7 Gateways
OAuth is fast becoming the most widely recognized standard for access control with REST and Web APIs. And OAuth 2.0 – the latest version of the protocol – is impressively rich, with many grant types...
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OAuth 2.0 with Layer 7 Gateways, Tutorial 2: The Authorization Code Grant Type
Last week, I introduced my new series of video tutorials designed to demonstrate how Layer 7 Gateways can be used to implement OAuth. For the second tutorial in the series, I tackle how the...
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OAuth 2.0 with Layer 7 Gateways, Tutorial 5: Leverage a CA SiteMinder Session...
Late in 2011, we started a series of tutorials aimed at illustrating how Layer 7’s SecureSpan Gateways can be used to implement various aspects of the OAuth 2.0 specification as a means for controlling...
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New OAuth Tutorial: Using Layer 7 as an OAuth 1.0/1.0a Server & Client
From a technical perspective, rapid adoption of the OAuth standard has resulted in something of a moving target. As the specification evolves, one company may implement OAuth 1.0a, another 2.0, while a...
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OAuth Tutorial: Modifying a Layer 7 OAuth 1.0a Implementation to Support...
Last week, I posted a video tutorial demonstrating how Layer 7’s OAuth Toolkit makes it possible to use a SecureSpan or CloudSpan Gateway as an OAuth 1.0/1.0a Server and Client. Today, I’m going to...
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Your One-Stop Shop for OAuth Tutorials
The ongoing explosion in the amount of online information generated by enterprises has created a need for open, distributed access – a way to get at online content that doesn’t require private user...
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Simplifying SOAP-to-REST Conversion
Earlier this week, Layer 7 CTO Scott Morrison presented our second Tech Talk Tuesday meet-up on Facebook, which concentrated on Simplifying REST Adaptation. For those of you who missed the live event,...
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Public APIs, Private APIs
When talking about API management, the first thing that comes to mind is a public API, one that is open for anybody to consume, provided a certain level of registration. Obviously, the most famous APIs...
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Our First API Academy Videos
I’m happy to announce the release of the first API Academy video shorts. I’ve been working with my colleague Ronnie Mitra to create a series of short (five-minute), informative videos on topics...
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API Design Tutorial: Pagination
At the Layer 7 API Academy, we’ve had a few requests from API designers who are seeking strategies for handling large amounts of data in API responses. Pagination is the most common method for...
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