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OpenID Connect

Also known as: OIDC

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What is OpenID Connect?

OpenID Connect is an identity layer built on OAuth 2.0 that lets applications authenticate users and receive standard identity claims. This profile connects the concept to KBY's practical engineering guidance.

It adds ID tokens, user-information endpoints and discovery metadata to OAuth flows. Applications must validate issuer, audience, signature, nonce and time claims rather than treating a decoded token as trusted.

Primary purpose

Provide interoperable user sign-in and identity information to applications.

Typical environments
Web ApplicationsIdentity Providers
Typical use cases
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • Identity federation
  • Mobile application authentication
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