LAuth
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LAuth is a protocol to authenticate HTTP requests.
There are three actors in LAuth. A CLIENT needs to have access to a USER's resources on a SERVER.
The goal of LAuth is to enable servers to verify the identity of a client acting on behalf of a user without the user having to give to the client the secret he shares with the server.
What does this mean?
For example, let's say Alice have uploaded photos on photos.example.com, using a login name and a password that give her access to the whole range of services offered by photos.example.com.
