🔐 Authentication on Software Design

Basic Auth

Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:19:21 +0300

Overview

HTTP Basic Auth is a simple authentication method using username/password pair credentials for HTTP requests.

These credentials are encoded in Base64 format and transmitted through the Authorization header. The header value starts with the Basic keyword. Here is an example header:

API Keys

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:42:54 +0300

Overview

API Key is a unique identification key assigned to an API client. It’s typically an alphanumeric string included in every API call that a server can receive and validate.

JWT Token

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:26:53 +0300

Overview

JWT (JSON Web Token) is a standard RFC 7519 that defines a secure way for information transmission in a JSON object form. This piece of data can be digitally signed using a secret keyword (symmetrical HMAC) or public/private keys (asymmetrical RSA or ECDSA).