Introduction In the world of identity and access management (IAM), two protocols often come up during system design or vendor selection: SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0. While both serve to secure access, they solve fundamentally different problems and are optimized for different environments. Yet many developers confuse the two, or worse, implement one where…
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