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# React posts

[Education](/blog/category/education)[Security](/blog/category/security)

### [Token-Mediating Backend: An alternative to the BFF architecture](/blog/auth-architecture-part2-tmb)

This post discusses the Token-Mediating Backend (TMB) authentication architecture for OAuth 2 applications. It covers how secure TMB is, when to use it, and...

[Kim Maida](/blog/author/kim-maida)[Nathan Contino](/blog/author/nathan-contino)

May 7, 2026