Create Session with JWT

1. Can JWT be used for sessions?
2. How do I use JWT for session management?
3. What is JWT session?
4. Why is JWT bad?
5. Should I use sessions or JWT?
6. What is better than JWT?
7. Which is better passport or JWT?
8. Is JWT the same as OAuth?
9. Is JWT enough?
10. Is JWT stateless?
11. Is it OK to share session ID via URL?
12. Is JWT stored in cookie?

Can JWT be used for sessions?

While the use of JWTs for OAuth is widely accepted, its use for authenticating users sessions is controversial (see this post). In this article, I will attempt to make a comprehensive list of the pros and cons of using JWT for this context.

How do I use JWT for session management?

If you're building a simple website like the ones described above, then your best bet is to stick with boring, simple, and secure server side sessions. Instead of storing a user ID inside of a JWT, then storing a JWT inside of a cookie: just store the user ID directly inside of the cookie and be done with it.

What is JWT session?

Session represents information associated with a particular user and is designed to persist throughout the user's interaction with the application. That's exactly what we'll try to achieve using JWT. Stateless JSON Web Token is a self-contained token which does not need any representation on the backend.

Why is JWT bad?

An unexpiring JWT can become a security risk. You are also trusting the token signature cannot be compromised. This can happen if you are using weak encryption, encryption that becomes vulnerable in the future, or having the the private keys compromised. This vulnerability doesn't exist with sessions.

Should I use sessions or JWT?

Token Based Authentication using JWT is the more recommended method in modern web apps. One drawback with JWT is that the size of JWT is much bigger comparing with the session id stored in cookie because JWT contains more user information.

What is better than JWT?

For local or internal services, we use a symmetric-key algorithm. But unlike JWT, which only does base64-encode the payload, and sign the token, PASETO actually encrypts and authenticates all data in the token with a secret key, using a strong Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (or AEAD ) algorithm.

Which is better passport or JWT?

The difference between Passport and Passport-JWT is that Passport does not have any particular method for authentication instead many methods are implemented using passport as strategies for authentication whereas Passport-JWT is a strategy which uses web token method using passport for authentication.

Is JWT the same as OAuth?

JWT and OAuth2 are entirely different and serve different purposes, but they are compatible and can be used together. The OAuth2 protocol does not specify the format of the tokens, therefore JWTs can be incorporated into the usage of OAuth2.

Is JWT enough?

JWT are great when you want to be able to securely determine if a user made a specific call without having to validate against some sort of session store, but this means that if somebody where to acquire the token then they could impersonate that user even if they had already logged out of the system (which thwarts ...

Is JWT stateless?

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are referred to as stateless because the authorizing server needs to maintain no state; the token itself is all that is needed to verify a token bearer's authorization. JWTs are signed using a digital signature algorithm (e.g. RSA) which cannot be forged.

Is it OK to share session ID via URL?

(1)Yes, sharing a session ID is okay, as it is going only to the intended user. ... (3)An application must not share a session ID via a URL.

Is JWT stored in cookie?

Now that the JWT is in a cookie, it will automatically be sent to the API in any calls we make to it. This is how the browser behaves by default. But again, we need to have our front end and backend served over the same origin to make this happen.