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Securing Applications with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

A Practical Guide to Modern Authentication for Developers

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You’ve seen it everywhere: visit a site like Strava or The New York Times and the first thing you spot is a Sign Up or Subscribe button. Click it, and up pops a familiar box — enter your email or choose a shortcut like Continue with Google, Facebook, or Apple.

As a developer, you want to know what really happens when you click those buttons. How does the site know who you are? What keeps the process both secure and seamless?

Drawing on years of experience writing OAuth and OpenID Connect (OIDC) code and running the SSO system at a mid-size health accreditation company, I break down how these flows work and how you can build them yourself.

With Duende IdentityServer as the reference system, you’ll learn practical steps that carry over to other platforms, including Microsoft Entra ID. By the end, you’ll see the sign-in box not as a mystery, but as a system you can design, run, and scale.

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Sangeet Agarwal

Sangeet is a Principal Software Developer who builds secure, enterprise-scale applications. He has written extensive OAuth and OpenID Connect (OIDC) code in production systems and blends hands-on coding with architectural leadership. Sangeet brings a clear, practical perspective to authentication and identity, breaking down complex systems into concepts developers can apply right away.

Contents

Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1 - Understanding Basic ASP
    • Chapter 2 - Supporting external authentication
    • Chapter 3 - Supporting External Authentication - Continuing the Journey
    • Chapter 4 – A More Flexible Approach to External Authentication
    • Chapter 5 - Harnessing OpenID Connect for Secure App and API Access

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