What is JWT and how is it used?

JWT, or JSON Web Token, is an open standard used to share security information between two parties — a client and a server . Each JWT contains encoded JSON objects, including a set of claims. JWTs are signed using a cryptographic algorithm to ensure that the claims cannot be altered after the token is issued.

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What is a JWT ID?

The jti (JWT ID) claim provides a unique identifier for the JWT . The identifier value MUST be assigned in a manner that ensures that there is a negligible probability that the same value will be accidentally assigned to a different data object. The jti claim can be used to prevent the JWT from being replayed.

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What is claims in Spring Security?

what are claims? claim is piece of information that describes given identity on some aspect . take claim as name-value pair. claims are held in authentication token that may have also signature so you can be sure that token is not tampered on its way from remote machine to your system.

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