
Secure API Authentication: JWT, OAuth and Sessions
A practical guide to choosing and implementing secure authentication for modern APIs: JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0 flows and session management pitfalls.
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A practical guide to choosing and implementing secure authentication for modern APIs: JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0 flows and session management pitfalls.

Secure OAuth 2.0 token lifecycle management: storage strategies, automatic rotation with refresh tokens, revocation propagation and replay protection.

Understand how CORS actually works at the protocol level and implement secure, correct configurations that don't resort to wildcard allow-all patterns.

How to implement Content Security Policy headers that actually protect you: directive syntax, nonce-based inline scripts, reporting and safe rollout.

A complete guide to understanding and preventing CSRF attacks: token-based protection, SameSite cookies, double-submit and framework implementations.

How cross-site scripting attacks work, the three XSS types, and the defense-in-depth strategies that actually prevent them in modern web applications.