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Authentication & Authorization

Dive deep into securing your application by implementing robust authentication and authorization mechanisms.

2 weeks

Topics in this Chapter

1

Sessions & Cookies

Understand traditional stateful, session-based authentication using server-side sessions and browser cookies.

2

JWT

Deep dive into JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for implementing stateless authentication in modern APIs.

3

OAuth 2.0

Learn the basics of OAuth 2.0, the protocol that enables third-party authentication (e.g., 'Login with Google').

4

RBAC

Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage user permissions and restrict access to resources.

5

Best Practices

Learn essential security best practices, including password hashing, rate limiting, and using HTTPS.

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