PASETO is the latest trend in security token formats. Its primary goal is to reduce the problems the JSON Web Token (JWT) related specifications introduce. In this post, I'll give you a brief introduction to PASETO tokens and then jump into an example that creates and parses tokens using in…
Read moreToken authentication is the hottest way to authenticate users to your web applications nowadays. There's a lot of interest in token authentication because it can be faster than traditional session-based authentication in some scenarios, and also allows you some additional flexibility. In this post, I'm going to teach you all…
Read moreEvery non-trivial application needs a way to save and update data: a resource server that is accessible via HTTP. Generally, this data must be secured. Java is a great language with decades of history in professional, enterprise development, and is a great choice for any application's server stack. Within the…
Read moreJSON Web Tokens (JWTs) are so hot right now. They're all the rage in web development:
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