Re:Don't use JSON web tokens for sessions
by niteshade on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @04:56PM
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I actually think your advice is more harmful than helpful - web developers are not renowned for writing secure software. This is a very good case of finding a good, well-tested and vetted library that does this. Not sure what options exist, but I would be highly surprised if there weren't any already.
Actually most people should take their authentication mechanism as something really really important and not just rely on something. It's really important that your authentication/authorization stuff works and is hardened, not just for you, also for your users. I know that auth could be really hard, especially when the language of your choice contains some bugs, but its a nogo to just use something when it is that important. I don't mean that you can't use a library, but if you do please double check the code twice on each version.