OAuth for Browser-Based Apps Working Group Last Call!
The draft specification OAuth for Browser-Based Applications has just entered Working Group Last Call! ⌘ Read more
OAuth: “grant” vs “flow” vs “grant type”
Is it called an OAuth “grant” or a “flow”? What about “grant type”? ⌘ Read more
Riding the High-Speed Brightline Train from Miami to Orlando
It was 11am at the Fort Lauderdale airport, an hour after my non-stop flight to Portland was supposed to have boarded. As I had been watching our estimated departure get pushed back in 15 minute increments, I finally received the dreaded news over the loudspeaker - the flight was cancelled entirely. As hordes of people started lining up to rebook their flights with the gate agent, I found a quiet spot in the corner and opened up my … ⌘ Read more
OAuth for Browser-Based Apps Draft 15
After a lot of discussion on the mailing list over the last few months, and after some excellent discussions at the OAuth Security Workshop, we’ve been working on revising the draft to provide clearer guidance and clearer discussion of the threats and consequences of the various architectural patterns in the draft. ⌘ Read more
OAuth Support in Bluesky and AT Protocol
Bluesky, a new social media platform and AT Protocol, is unsurprisingly running up against the same challenges and limitations that Flickr, Twitter and many other social media platforms faced in the 2000s: passwords! ⌘ Read more
How to use your own domain as your BlueSky handle
I recently got access to the BlueSky beta, and decided to poke around to see what it’s all about. I will save the details of what it is and how I feel about it for a different post. However, one of the first things you do when you sign up is choose a username that exists under the bsky.app domain. I have zero interest in another name rush where everyone tries to claim the shortest username possible, so I went with aaronpk.bsky.app rather than trying to get a … ⌘ Read more
How to create a keyboard shortcut to export the current slide in Keynote
Lately I’ve been using Apple Keynote to create graphics for using in videos and blog posts. It’s a quick way to arrange things on a page, copying and pasting most things just works, and there are enough built in shapes and tools to get the point across. However, after spending a full day creating graphics for a video, I found myself frustrated by the number of clicks required to export a single slide at a time. ⌘ Read more
How to create a keyboard shortcut to export the current slide in Keynote
Lately I’ve been using Apple Keynote to create graphics for using in videos and blog posts. It’s a quick way to arrange things on a page, copying and pasting most things just works, and there are enough built in shapes and tools to get the point across. However, after spending a full day creating graphics for a video, I found myself frustrated by the number of clicks required to export a single slide at a time. ⌘ Read more
The Laws of OAuth
The first law of OAuth states that the total number of authorized access tokens must remain constant in an isolated system. ⌘ Read more
How to Build a Restreaming Server with a Raspberry Pi
First of all, what is a restreaming server? Sometimes you want to livestream video from a device like an ATEM Mini or OBS to multiple destinations. Many devices and software like this will let you push video to just one RTMP destination at a time. ⌘ Read more
New Draft of OAuth for Browser-Based Apps (Draft -11)
With the help of a few kind folks, we’ve made some updates to the OAuth 2.0 for Browser-Based Apps draft as discussed during the last IETF meeting in Philadelphia. ⌘ Read more