What is a Web token used for?

The tokens are designed to be compact, URL-safe, and usable especially in a web-browser single-sign-on (SSO) context. JWT claims can typically be used to pass identity of authenticated users between an identity provider and a service provider, or any other type of claims as required by business processes .

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Why should we use JSON Web Tokens?

Information Exchange: JWTs are a good way of securely transmitting information between parties because they can be signed, which means you can be sure that the senders are who they say they are . Additionally, the structure of a JWT allows you to verify that the content hasn’t been tampered with.

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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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How do I create a claim in JWT?

Specify the Claim name of each of your required custom claims . Custom claims refer to both private claims and public claims. For details on each type, see JWT claims. You can choose any name you like, but because JWTs should be as compact as possible, the recommended maximum value of a claim name is 8 characters.

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