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How I tested my JWT token params in ASP.NET Core

January 16, 2024
API Security, Articles, ASP.NET Core

Say you have to validate a JWT token based on the parameters supplied from an external service that varies for every incoming scheme.

How to use JWT Authentication with IOptions in ASP.NET Core

December 25, 2023
API Security, Articles, ASP.NET Core

In this article let's look at configuring the JWT bearer authentication header in the service pipeline by injecting a strongly typed configuration class.

How to Role based Authorization in ASP.NET Core

July 22, 2023
API Security, Articles, ASP.NET Core

Let's see how we can authorize an API access based on an user role defined by the system or a user based on a claim based on the JWT token passed within the request.

How to use Policy based Authorization in ASP.NET Core

In this article, let's understand how to create a custom Authorization Policy and use it with an example in ASP.NET Core Web API

How to secure APIs with JWT Tokens

Let's dig into securing our APIs by means of Authenticating incoming requests based on an access token with an example in ASP.NET Core

Understanding OAuth, OpenID and JWT made easy

In this article, let's understand Authentication and Authorization and explore in detail about OAuth, OpenID and JWT - how they work.

Scenario – Bypassing jwt token validation in an Authentication Middleware

April 21, 2020
Articles, ASP.NET Core

Let's look at a hypothetical scenario, wherein we would want the authentication middleware to completely be bypassed, but yet the user context for the request be setup for us to use at a later point in the request pipeline.