Secure JWT-based sessions
Introduction While JWT-based sessions are not the typical choice for website authentication, sometimes due to your solution’s architecture, you might find that there is no other choice. This is often the case when your frontend is unable to use traditional stateful sessions via cookies, requiring the backend to manage both authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ). In this post, we’ll dive into the unique challenges of using JWTs for session management, from handling token expiration and revocation to mitigating potential web security vulnerabilities. Along the way, we’ll explore strategies to make JWT-based sessions as secure and effective as possible. ...