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title: "Discussion on \"Auth at the Boundary: Integrating Feide Identity via the BFF\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Auth at the Boundary: Integrating Feide Identity via the BFF\". Connecting the BFF to Feide — Norway's government-issued identity provider for educational organisations. OAuth 2.0 + OIDC flow, the Token Handler pattern, and why cookie-based sessions beat tokens in the browser."
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# [Auth at the Boundary: Integrating Feide Identity via the BFF](https://devpath-traveler.nguyenviettung.id.vn/auth-at-the-boundary-integrating-feide-identity-via-the-bff?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Connecting the BFF to Feide — Norway's government-issued identity provider for educational organisations. OAuth 2.0 + OIDC flow, the Token Handler pattern, and why cookie-based sessions beat tokens in the browser.

Apr 12 · 18 min read · devpath-traveler.nguyenviettung.id.vn  
Updated Apr 19  
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-   [#token-handler](https://hashnode.com/tag/token-handler)
-   [#session-management](https://hashnode.com/tag/session-management)
-   [#authentication](https://hashnode.com/tag/authentication)
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