JWT Validation
Explore how JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are validated for secure authentication and authorization. Learn the differences between symmetric and asymmetric signing, and understand the importance of verifying claims such as expiration, audience, and not-before timestamps to ensure token integrity and proper access control.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
In this lesson, we will look at how JWTs can be used as an authentication and authorization mechanism. As mentioned in the previous lesson, we will be discussing signed JWTs.
Here is the basic flow of JWT authentication:
- The client sends a request to the server with user credentials.
- The server generates a signed JWT for the client if the credentials are valid.
- The server sends the token back to the client which is stored in the browser.
- For every subsequent request, the client sends the token back to the server.
- The server validates the token, and if it is valid then grants access to the client.
How tokens are signed
There are two mechanisms to ...