Securing partner-enabled web service

A system for securing a partner service, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a system memory, wherein the system memory comprises code configured to direct the processing unit to:
• receive a request, wherein the request comprises a unique value to access the partner service, wherein the request is received from a browser client for a partner application, wherein the browser client is associated with a user;
• authenticate the user;
• generate a token, using the partner application, the token associating the user with the partner application, and the token comprising an identifier for the partner application enabling the partner service to identify the partner application as generating the token;
• generate a signature for the token, the signature to enable the partner service to independently regenerate the signature;
• and
• send the token with the signature to the browser client.

One or more computer-readable storage devices, comprising code configured to direct a processing unit to:

• receive a request to access a partner service, wherein the request comprises a unique value and the request is received from a browser client for a partner application, wherein the browser client is associated with a user;
• authenticate the user;
• generate a token that associates the user with the partner application, wherein the token comprises an identifier of the partner application enabling the partner service to identify the partner application as generating the token;
• generate a signature for the token, the signature to enable the partner service to independently regenerate the signature;
• send the token with the signature to the browser client;
• and
• encode the token using a one-way hashing algorithm.