If we look at our previous discussion in JWT Dissection, we established that a JWT is effectively a digital ID card. But in a distributed system, an ID card is worthless if anyone can forge it.

In the physical world, we rely on a Gazetted Officer’s Attestation. When we get a document stamped, …

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are everywhere — from authentication in single-page applications to service-to-service communication in distributed systems. Despite their popularity, JWTs are often misunderstood, misused, or treated as a black box.

In this blog, we’ll dissect JWTs from the inside out. We’ll …