RESTful security tag groups all posts related to securing REST applications
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Securing Internal Restful Service That is behind firewall
We have a couple of very important internal restful services that are placed behind firewall. I Would like to know if having only firewall is going to protect our services or not ?
I would like to learn as much as possible so we can make the right…

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authentication with a third party provider
I'm developing an api server in (NodeJs/ hapi) coupled with an android application.
I'm having a problem understanding how to do login via a third party like google and facebook.
So far my strategy is:
authorize my app(android)
get the email and…

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Securing REST API
I have a website which consumes the rest APIs exposed on the webserver.
This is content website and free to public. Thus, anybody can read the content by navigating on it (which call different REST APIs in the background). At the same time, I am…

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How do I verify requests at Backend?
I have an android app. It has a backend server.
What is the best way to verify that the request is made through my app ?
currently I use google auth token to verify user.
Is there any other better way ??
Backend is in PHP and hosted on VPS (not…

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Securing API using Oauth 2.0
I am creating new product. for that I have to use available security features. should I use Oauth2 or Json web token? which is better and in which situation these should be used?
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