JWT, WTF? - Intermediate
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We live in a world of rich client side applications, web and mobile, and we need a secure way to authenticate our users. Session IDs have been the traditional solution, but how well do they work for single page applications? And what about authenticating to 3rd party services? You can't leave your credentials in the client, there's always someone malicious just waiting to steal them.
Enter the JWT, or JSON Web Token. These fancy little tokens can authenticate our users and our transactions because they know what they're allowed to do.
Join Phil and discover what JWTs can be used for, why to choose JWTs, how to generate them, and most importantly how to keep them secure. Finally, you'll find out if putting abbreviations inside other abbreviations really is the secret to web security.
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JWT, WTF? - Intermediate
Phil Nash
Phil is a developer evangelist for Twilio and a Google Developer Expert based in London. He loves building with APIs and can be found programming in a variety of languages including JavaScript, Ruby and Swift. Sometimes he makes his own beer, but he's more likely to be found discovering new ones around the world.
Please log in to watch this conference skillscast.
We live in a world of rich client side applications, web and mobile, and we need a secure way to authenticate our users. Session IDs have been the traditional solution, but how well do they work for single page applications? And what about authenticating to 3rd party services? You can't leave your credentials in the client, there's always someone malicious just waiting to steal them.
Enter the JWT, or JSON Web Token. These fancy little tokens can authenticate our users and our transactions because they know what they're allowed to do.
Join Phil and discover what JWTs can be used for, why to choose JWTs, how to generate them, and most importantly how to keep them secure. Finally, you'll find out if putting abbreviations inside other abbreviations really is the secret to web security.
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- Option(al) Is Not A Failure (SkillsCast recorded in March 2019)
- React & Redux Workshop with Damjan Vujnovic (in London on 16th - 18th September 2019)
- Damjan Vujnovic's Advanced JavaScript Workshop (in London on 4th - 6th November 2019)
- ProgNET London 2019 (in London on 11th - 13th September 2019)
- CloudNative London 2019 (in London on 25th - 27th September 2019)
- SEAM #28 - Avoiding a Meltdown, The DevOps Way - Dave Farley+BMC+Devoteam (in London on 17th July 2019)
- A Gentler Introduction to Vertex Shaders (in London on 30th July 2019)
- Keynote: The Web: The Good Parts (SkillsCast recorded in July 2019)
- Done in 0.0166666666 Seconds (SkillsCast recorded in July 2019)
Thanks to our sponsors
JWT, WTF? - Intermediate
Phil Nash
Phil is a developer evangelist for Twilio and a Google Developer Expert based in London. He loves building with APIs and can be found programming in a variety of languages including JavaScript, Ruby and Swift. Sometimes he makes his own beer, but he's more likely to be found discovering new ones around the world.