title: Should I use OAuth/OAuth2 for SOA type web services?
body: <p>My company is making a product where we have both a front and backend. The backend essentially provides all the brains as far as user information. The front end is something that will be displayed to the user (obviously), but if may have different front end implementations (including our own reference implementation). </p>
  
  <p>My company wants to use OAuth to validate the user login information. I've looked into OAuth a bit and it seems that OAuth 1 would require the user to post a key into the front end app. Does that at all sound right? It seems a little contrived to me because all the data resides on the backend. We really just want to verify that the front end is from a legit 3rd party. Is OAuth overkill for that? Would OAuth 2 be a better fit? </p>
  
  <p>Keep in mind in working with Ruby on Rails and so I'm not sure how great the OAuth2 gemsets are.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks </p>