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## App Authentication
Tent uses [OAuth 2](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-31) for app
authentication. Because of the distributed nature of Tent, it is necessary for
apps to register with the Tent entity before doing the authentication flow.
authentication. Because of the distributed nature of Tent,
apps must register with the Tent entity before starting the authentication flow.
After the authentication flow, requests are authenticated using the credentials
After the authentication flow is complete, requests are authenticated using the credentials
with [MAC Access
Authentication](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-http-mac-01).
### App Registration
Before authenticating a user, the application must be registered with the
specified Tent entity. The first step is to perform discovery on the provided
entity url.