16. Recap

Identity and Authentication

ND004 C03 L02 A13 Recap

What is Authentication?

Authentication systems attempt to answer which question?

SOLUTION: Who is making the request?

Tokens

Authentication Tokens (specifically JWTs) are used to:

SOLUTION:
  • Carry claims in the form of a verifiable payload
  • Perform authentication on requests after login

Sending Tokens

Which is a valid authentication header when using JWTs

Note: the JWT string would replace $TOKEN

SOLUTION: Bearer `$TOKEN`