title: JIRA REST API performance - OAuth vs HTTP Basic Authentication
body: <p>Following the <a href="https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+APIs#JIRARESTAPIs-Authentication" rel="nofollow">doco</a> of JIRA REST API, OAuth and HTTP Basic are two recommended authentication. We are using the HTTP Basic one with https, which works good and safe.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any difference on performance between them?</p>