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RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition
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RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

by Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram
November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
420 pages
10h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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JSON Web Token (JWT) overview

JWT is self-contained and secured compared to the session ID, as it is digitally signed. JWT consists of the following building blocks:

  • Header: This contains the token type and hashing algorithm
  • Body: This contains the reserved or custom claims, which serves the user verification details
  • Signature: This contains the cryptographic signature made out of the encoded data and private key

Here is a graphical representation of the JWT:

For more details on JWT, refer to the JWT specifications at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519.  The RFC 7523 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7523) specification details the usage ...
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