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Authorization/Authentication

Review, Research, and Discussion

1- What header(s) are used in authentication and authorization ?

The HTTP Authorization request header can be used to provide credentials that authenticate a user agent with a server, allowing access to a protected resource.

2- What is safe to put into a JWT ?

m the server so its unique , thats why its consider as new layer of security

3- How are JWTs validated ?

JWT tokens are digitally signed (the signature part) using the payload content and a secret key. In order to change the content, the secret key is required to generate the signature again, otherwise, the signature will be invalid.

Term Discripe
RBAC Role-based access control (RBAC) is a policy-neutral access-control mechanism defined around roles and privileges.
User Roles are permission sets that control access to areas and features within the Professional Archive Platform.
JWT Token SON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object