What is bearer token C#?

Bearer Tokens (or just Tokens) are commonly used to authenticate Web APIs because they are framework independent , unlike something like Cookie Authentication that is tightly coupled with ASP.NET Core framework. JSON Web Tokens (JWT) is commonly used to transfer user claims to the server as a base 64 URL encoded value.

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What is a bearer access token?

Bearer Tokens are the predominant type of access token used with OAuth 2.0. A Bearer Token is an opaque string, not intended to have any meaning to clients using it . Some servers will issue tokens that are a short string of hexadecimal characters, while others may use structured tokens such as JSON Web Tokens.

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How does JWT Bearer Token work?

In short, JWTs are used as a secure way to authenticate users and share information. Typically, a private key, or secret, is used by the issuer to sign the JWT. The receiver of the JWT will verify the signature to ensure that the token hasn’t been altered after it was signed by the issuer .

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