On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Nicolas Vervelle nvervelle@gmail.comwrote:
I'm completely new to OAuth, so bear with me if my questions are basic or I missed a point ;-) It seems interesting, but seems very oriented for web applications, not so much for desktop applications.
I cannot speak for MediaWiki's implementation of OAuth, but the OAuth spec does provide different authentication methods so that desktop applications can be used. It's just a matter of whether MW has it.
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