Stop using JSON Web Tokens. Use Cookies & Server Sessions instead

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JSON Web Tokens are a great stateless way to authenticate your users and remove the load from your servers and APIs, but JWT is not always secure and can take more than what they can offer us as developers! If you have been using JWTs to implement your authentication architecture, you need to watch the most general practices and security pitfalls you should avoid! ⭐ Timestamps ⭐ 00:00 Intro 00:45 JWT the Right Way! 03:27 How JWT and Auth work? 04:44 Example Project 1: LocalStorage JWT 10:34 Stealing JWT From LocalStorage 12:50 Quick Fix for LocalStorage JWT tokens 13:21 How to implement HTTP-Only cookies w/ JWT 16:17 Login in with HTTP-Only cookies 16:53 Say goodbye to XSS 18:02 Using Stateful Server Sessions 21:26 Invalidating JWT Tokens (Before Expiration) 💻 Source Code: Frontend App: https://github.com/ipenywis/jwt-best-practices Backend Server: https://github.com/ipenywis/jwt-best-practices-server 🧭 Turn Design into React Code | From prototype to Full website in no time https://youtu.be/0xhu_vgKZ8k 🧭 Watch Tutorial on Designing the website on Figma https://youtu.be/SB3rt-cQZas 🧭 Watch Create a Modern React Login/Register Form with smooth Animations https://youtu.be/-bll7l-BKQI 🧭 Debug React Apps Like a Pro | Master Debugging from Zero to Hero with Chrome DevTools https://youtu.be/_rnxOD9NKAs 🧭 Master React Like Pro w/ Redux, Typescript, and GraphQL | Beginner to Advanced in React https://youtu.be/M_Oes39FNuk 🧭 Learn Redux For Beginners | React Redux from Zero To Hero to build a real-world app https://youtu.be/_rnxOD9NKAs 🧭 Build Login/Register API Server w/ Authentication | JWT Express AUTH using Passport.JS and Sequelize https://youtu.be/VWEJ-GhjU4U 🧭 Introduction to GraphQL with Apollo and React https://youtu.be/eCO6MvvRhXk 🐦 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ipenywis 💻 Github Profile: https://github.com/ipenywis Made with 💗 by Coderone