OpenID Connect (OIDC)

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For a full discussion on OpenID Connect, please refer to the Complete Guide to OpenID Connect

Overview

OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an open standard and identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0, designed to enable secure and standardized authentication and authorization. It provides a framework to verify the identity of end-users, obtain their basic profile information, and establish a session for subsequent interactions. OIDC facilitates single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, allowing users to authenticate once and access multiple applications seamlessly. It utilizes JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to transmit identity and authorization information securely between the involved parties.

Requirements

In order for an OIDC provider to work with the Gigantik platform, it needs to support the following from the OIDC specifications:

• Implicit flow
• response_type=code+id_token
• response_mode=form_post
• scope=openid+email