Connecting applications: Trusted Applications VS. OAuth

[Christian Schulz]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to realise an integrated environment with different atlassian products.
While configuring the applications links there are two different options of authentication.

But what kind of authentication is the recommended one?

[Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_ · Accepted solution]

I would recommend you read the following doc:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/APPLINKS/Configuring+Authentication+for+an+Application+Link#ConfiguringAuthenticationforanApplicationLink-Securityimplicationsforeachauthenticationtype

It's about security...

Cheers

Christian

[Christian Schulz]

Alright thanks. :)
One question about OAuth, is the "execute as" user needed or not? It seems that there is a difference between the App Link versions.

[Christian Schulz]

I miss some information about two and three legged authentication.

[Danilo Tuler]

Besides the security implications, is there any difference between the two?

[maxmayr]

I've done here a simple Confluence Macro, who connect to the Jira API with Trusted Application.