Using Cookies and JWTs for Secure Authentication Course (How To)

Refactor an existing authentication project by using cookies and JSON Web Token to increase security. Cookies are a way for a browser to store information while tokens are a stand-in or representation for something else.

Cookies

Cookies are a way for a browser to store information. This can be anything from a language preference to how a visitor found about a site. Cookies are used on any type of site, even ones that don't use authentication.

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• Securing Browser Information

  3:21

• Cookies vs Session Storage

  3:04

• Secure Browsing

  5 questions

• Creating a Cookie

  3:42

• Storing and Retrieving Cookies

  3:57

• Working with Cookies

  2 objectives

• Cookie Settings

  2:11

• Managing Cookies

  6:27

• Managing Cookie Settings

  5 questions

• Decoding Cookies

  3:09

• Using Cookies for Authentication

  3:01

• Cookies

  5 questions

JSON Web Tokens

Tokens are a stand-in or representation for something else. In the real world, this may be a key card that lets you access a building, or a wedding ring that represents your vows. Both of these are a type of token.

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• JSON Web Tokens

  2:13

• Setting up the Packages

  4:55

• Working with JWT

  5 questions

• Building a JWT

  2:49

• Decoding a JWT

  3:27

• The Continuing Journey

  1:34

• JSON Web Tokens

  7 questions