How to Secure an MCP Server with OAuth 2.1, Scoped Access, and Audit Logging
TL;DR A production Model Context Protocol server should not treat possession of any bearer token as sufficient authority. It should validate who issued the token, confirm that the token was minted for that specific MCP resource, enforce narrowly defined scopes at both the transport and tool layers, and record authorization decisions without logging credentials or
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