# How OAuth 2.0 Works

DevFeed: [How OAuth 2.0 Works](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-oauth-2-0-works-29674.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/how-oauth-authentication-works/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Virag Mody)

Published: 2022-04-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [OAuth 2.0](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth2.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [core](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/core.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [oauth-2-0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth-2-0.md>), [third-party-applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/third-party-applications.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how OAuth 2.0 enables delegated access, allowing third-party applications limited access to protected user resources without requiring users to share their passwords. It introduces OAuth terminology and describes the security problems OAuth addresses.

## Source excerpt

OAuth provides third party applications limited access to user resources without compromising the user's data. Find out exactly how in this blog.