Though many of the concepts in this course are still relevant, overall this course does not reflect our current course standards.

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The "How JWT’s Protect Resources" Lesson is part of the full, Secure Authentication for Web Apps & APIs Using JWTs course featured in this preview video. Here's what you'd learn in this lesson:

A user’s level of authentication in an application will determine which resources they can access. To protect resources from non-authenticated users, and endpoint can be created which requires the presence of a JWT. Any resources requested will have its header inspected by the API to validate the current user.

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