JSON Web Tokens and OAuth in API Security
JSON Web Tokens and OAuth in API Security JSON Web Tokens and OAuth are two common tools for protecting APIs. OAuth 2.0 provides a way to authorize access, while JWT is a compact token format that can carry identity and permission data. Used together, they help apps prove who they are and what they can do, without sending passwords on every request. In a typical setup, an OAuth 2.0 server issues an access token after the client proves its identity. That token is often a JWT, signed with a private key. The resource server can verify the signature with a public key and read the claims, such as the user id, the allowed scopes, and the token’s expiry. ...