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"Standard" way to authenticate users with a REST API

I am writing a REST API where some resources are only available to specific users. What is the generally accepted mechanism for this? Amazon appears to use the Authorization header. Twitter uses Basic Auth, i believe.

what are the benefits and drawbacks?

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