For those unaware (like me earlier this week), JWT stands for JSON Web Token. JSONs are a standard formats computers on the Internet exchange data in. JWTs are a standardized way to pass encrypted information from a client to a server to prevent tampering. To provide security, it uses modern encryption tools along with a signature and information stored in the header of a web transaction. Thus, web users cannot tamper with information for malicious purposes.
A developer at work suggested using this standard on a project, and unaware of the term, I thought I should read up about it. This free book hit the spot and educated me about this standard. Developers have hacked their own solutions to this problem for a long time, and I welcome a common, secure standard that everyone can use. This book explains the standard in depth with a lot of JavaScript code for developers to get started.
JWT Handbook
By Sebastián Peyrott
Copyright (c) 2024
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Page Count: 118
Genre: Software
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