In OAuth, what attack does the Client Secret mitigate? Why do you think the Client Secret is optional for Public Clients?

What will be an ideal response?


For Confidential Clients, the Client Secret gives the client a reliable way to authenticate to the Authorization Server. For Public Clients, the Client Secret is not a very effective authentication mechanism, as Public Clients cannot protect Client Secrets from disclosure.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A collection of character and paragraph formatting that is stored and named is a:

a. style set b. template c. format set

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