Secure Authentication for Web Apps & APIs Using JWTs Traditional Authentication

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Before diving deeper into how JSON Web Tokens interact with single page applications, Ryan reviews how authentication works in a traditional client-server application. He explains how servers manage sessions and cookies. He also demonstrates the session management on FrontendMasters.com and talks through the drawbacks of cookie/session authentication.

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