Federation
Authorization Server
An Authorization Server is the OIDC and OAuth component that authenticates the user and issues protocol artifacts such as codes and tokens.
Definition
An Authorization Server is the central authority in an OIDC-based authentication flow that receives the authentication request, authenticates the user, and returns protocol elements such as authorization codes and tokens. It is the trust source on which the client application relies for identity validation.
The Ariovis perspective
Federation is an architecture choice, not a product checkbox. Ariovis assesses protocols, trust relationships, application constraints and migration paths before defining the target.
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