On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 02:05:58 PM George Fletcher wrote:
> You could also use a signed JWT returned by the resource owner (web
> site) to be presented to the resource server (widget provider) that the
> resource server can validate (e.g. verify the signature). The JWT can
> contain scopes, expiry time, etc as needed. If the widget provider needs
> to access services at the resource owner, the JWT can contain an
> appropriate access_token for the user.

Interesting, I was not aware of JSON Web Tokens until now.  Is there a 
relationship to OAuth?  Are they at odds or serve different purposes?

Justin
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