Top "Authentication" questions

Authentication is the process of providing a proof of identity or verifying identity.

What are the main differences between JWT and OAuth authentication?

I have a new SPA with a stateless authentication model using JWT. I am often asked to refer OAuth for …

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Running script upon login mac

I am wondering if anyone is able to help me out with getting a .sh file to run when I …

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What's the difference between OpenID and OAuth?

I'm really trying to understand the difference between OpenID and OAuth? Maybe they're two totally separate things?

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How to add Active Directory user group as login in SQL Server

I have a .net application which is connecting to the SQL Server using windows authentication. We cannot use SQL Server …

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How to check if a user is logged in (how to properly use user.is_authenticated)?

I am looking over this website but just can't seem to figure out how to do this as it's not …

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Authentication versus Authorization

What's the difference in context of web applications? I see the abbreviation "auth" a lot. Does it stand for auth-entication …

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How to log out user from web site using BASIC authentication?

Is it possible to log out user from a web site if he is using basic authentication? Killing session is …

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Android: Storing username and password?

If I want to store the username and password to be used inside an Android application, what is the best …

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Add Keypair to existing EC2 instance

I was given AWS Console access to an account with 2 instances running that I cannot shut down (in production). I …

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JWT (JSON Web Token) automatic prolongation of expiration

I would like to implement JWT-based authentication to our new REST API. But since the expiration is set in the …

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