Chapter 9. Implementing Authentication and Authorization

Security is a key topic in the world of software development. Think of websites: These generally offer areas available to the general public but also reserved areas for which users need to enter their credentials (username and password) to access private information. In this example, the user must be authenticated, which means that the application needs to recognize the user’s identity. As another example, think of business applications built for a company in which there are different user roles; information cannot be indiscriminately ...

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