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Re:Show HN: A microservice that makes adding authentication ... by rblatz on Sunday February 19, 2017 @07:50PM (#13683317)
So how would this apply to using a JWT as a bearer token?
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Re:Show HN: A microservice that makes adding authentication ... by snuxoll on Sunday February 19, 2017 @08:29PM (#13683514)
JWT is designed for authentication, it's what OpenID connect is based on (in conjunction with OAuth 2.0).
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Re:Show HN: A microservice that makes adding authentication ... by arekkas on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:59AM (#13685348)
No. A JSON Web Token defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object
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