authentication - Why is 'Bearer' required before the token in ...
Dec 21, 2015 · What exactly is the difference between following two headers: Authorization : Bearer cn389ncoiwuencr vs Authorization : cn389ncoiwuencr All the sources which I have …
Token-based authentication - what's a good token length?
Jul 24, 2015 · The reason 64-bit is insufficient is that you often don't need to find a specific session token and your system may have millions or billions of session tokens. The chance of …
What are the alternatives for a bearer token mechanism?
Oct 14, 2019 · Who gets a bearer token, will have all the privileges of the actual owner of the token. Is there any tokening mechanism which is not suffering from this issue?
cookies - OAuth access token vs session key - Information Security ...
Sep 16, 2012 · OAuth bearer tokens are transmitted by the client using the Authentication: Bearer HTTP header. This is just a cryptographic nonce that is transmitted via an http header …
Carrying two authorization tokens in a request
This originates a token that is usually carried in the Authorization header (with Bearer prefix). In our case, the absence of this token will drive us to ask the user to authenticate to the "main …
Will "Authorization: Bearer" in request header fix CSRF attacks?
Nov 1, 2017 · Would this approach actually work to prevent CSRF attacks? Yes. An attacker can't make a browser send a request that includes the authorization header with the correct bearer …
Secret key in Authorization header vs. inside POST body
Nov 10, 2021 · We were going to generate a secret key, save the key on the respective servers, and then add it to the cURL request in the Authorization:Bearer header such as: curl -H …
Where should I store OAuth2 access tokens?
Feb 10, 2016 · Issue short-lived bearer tokens: Token servers SHOULD issue short-lived (one hour or less) bearer tokens, particularly when issuing tokens to clients that run within a web …
Do I need CSRF token if I'm using Bearer JWT?
Sep 29, 2017 · Bearer tokens, or other HTTP header based tokens that need to be added manually, would prevent you from CSRF. Of course, but sort of off-topic, if you have a XSS …
authentication - Is an API vulnerable to BREACH if HTTP …
Oct 16, 2024 · Nevertheless, only relying on a nice side effect of Bearer Authentication is rather fragile. For example, if you or somebody else switches to a different authentication method in …