What Is a Identity Server

IdentityServer is an authentication server that implements OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OAuth 2.0 standards for ASP.NET Core. It’s designed to provide a common way to authenticate requests to all of your applications, whether they’re web, native, mobile, or API endpoints.

What is Identity server and how it works?

How Identity Server Works. When an enterprise user or an external application tries to access content stored on a company’s web server, the policy agent intercepts the request and directs it to Identity Server. Identity Server asks the user to present credentials such as a username and password.

What is Identity server client?

A client is a piece of software that requests tokens from IdentityServer – either for authenticating a user (requesting an identity token) or for accessing a resource (requesting an access token). A client must be first registered with IdentityServer before it can request tokens.

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