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DateReviewed: 2022-03-10
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Token Authentication/Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) Overview
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Token Authentication/Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) is a security method used
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for accessing compute and storage resources.
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It was introduced in the OSG 3.5 series as the replacement for X.509 security.
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Token AAI is built on the [JSON Web Token](https://jwt.io) standard;
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supported implementations are [SciTokens](https://scitokens.org)
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[WLCG Tokens](https://github.com/WLCG-AuthZ-WG/common-jwt-profile/blob/master/profile.md).
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Bearer Token Overview
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