dwyl/learn-json-web-tokens

Security vulnerabilities

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#97 opened on Jan 4, 2019

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Description

Just a suggestion: it would be cool to add some information about security concerns in different JWT storage methods on the client-side (cookie/localStorage) - XSS, CSRF etc.

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Research direction
Examine the existing documentation and suggest where to add security notes about JWT storage methods.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
securityauthentication
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Documentation
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1
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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80