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Standards Fundamentals

Concise primers: why it matters, how it works, and where it's enforced (Gateway, Shield, PDP, IdP).

Visual representation of standards fundamentals including OAuth, OIDC, and authorization protocols

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect (OIDC)

PKCE

Rich Authorization Requests (RAR)

Pushed Authorization Requests (PAR)

JARM

FAPI 2.0

SCIM

CIBA

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

CAEP

Token Exchange (RFC 8693)

Resource Indicators (RFC 8707)

DPoP (RFC 9449)

OAuth mTLS (RFC 8705)

Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591/7592)

OpenID AuthZEN

OpenID AuthZEN Draft‑04

Authorization fundamentals

PAP authors. PDP decides with PIPs. PEPs enforce.

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