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Aaron Parecki

Director of Identity Standards · Okta · 15+ years in identity
Focus areas
OAuthOpenID ConnectIndieAuth
Notable work
  • Maintainer of oauth.net and author of OAuth 2.0 Simplified
  • Active contributor to the IETF OAuth working group
  • Co-editor of OAuth 2.1 and related drafts

Bio

Aaron Parecki is one of the most accessible voices in OAuth and OpenID Connect. He maintains oauth.net, wrote OAuth 2.0 Simplified, and is an active contributor to the IETF OAuth working group, including consolidation work behind OAuth 2.1. His explanations have helped a generation of developers implement delegated authorization correctly.

Profile built from public IETF, oauth.net, and personal-site records.

Where their work shows up

Parecki's work is the reason most developers can read OAuth 2.0 at all. The consolidation effort behind OAuth 2.1, which makes PKCE mandatory and removes the implicit and password grants, folds a decade of security guidance into defaults. See OAuth vs OIDC for the distinction his writing is most often cited to settle.

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