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OAuth is
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"An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and
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standard method from desktop and web applications."
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In practical terms, OAuth is a mechanism for a Consumer to request protected
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resources from a Service Provider on behalf of a user.
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Net::OAuth provides:
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* classes that encapsulate OAuth messages (requests and responses)
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* message signing
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* message serialization and parsing.
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* 2-legged requests (aka. tokenless requests, aka. consumer requests)
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Net::OAuth does not provide:
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* Consumer or Service Provider encapsulation
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* token/nonce/key storage/management
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Please refer to the OAuth spec: http://oauth.net/documentation/spec
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