computer-science-processes-database/processes/security/security-authentication-and-authorization.json

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    {
      "title": "OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework",
      "authors": "Hardt, D.",
      "journal": "RFC 6749",
      "year": "2012",
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      "doi": "10.17487/RFC6749",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6749"
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    {
      "title": "OpenID Connect Core 1.0",
      "authors": "Sakimura, N.; Bradley, J.; Jones, M.; de Medeiros, B.; Mortimore, C.",
      "journal": "OpenID Foundation",
      "year": "2014",
      "pubmed": null,
      "doi": null,
      "url": "https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html"
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    {
      "title": "Zero Trust Architecture",
      "authors": "Rose, S.; Borchert, O.; Mitchell, S.; Connelly, S.",
      "journal": "NIST SP 800-207",
      "year": "2020",
      "pubmed": null,
      "doi": "10.6028/NIST.SP.800-207",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-207"
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