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JWT & Auth

Authentication patterns, JWT structures, and security templates

12 templates

Standard JWT Access Token

Structure for a typical JSON Web Token used for API authorization.

Long-lived token used to generate new access tokens.

Standard Authorization header format for sending tokens.

Common formats for secure, generated API keys.

Securing API requests with a calculated HMAC-SHA256 signature.

Standard patterns for storing passwords securely using bcrypt or argon2.

Generating and validating random session identifiers.

The Base32 secret used to set up 2-factor authentication.

The standard text format for cryptographic keys.

Naming conventions for permissions and access levels.

Securing mobile and single-page apps during OAuth flow.

Old-school username:password encoding for headers.