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 gone through, sets...
oauth - JWT-bearer grant with JWT assertion vs. client credentials ...
Jan 14, 2025 · Note that the JWT bearer token doesn't contain the client credentials and may have to be combined with client authentication. For example, in the Microsoft On-Behalf-Of flow, the …
authentication - How would replacing Bearer tokens with HMAC work …
This Pluralsight class discusses Bearer tokens, and that one of the things missing from OAuth 2.0 is HMAC based validation. Elsewhere on the thinktecture blogs, they are called PoP tokens (Proof of
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 token. This is …
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 vulnerability, an …
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?
logging - Is it ok to write OidC Bearer token to log? - Information ...
Sep 17, 2017 · I would go a step further and suggest that logging the token is a bad idea period. Because typically log data stores are not secured and attackers may get read access due to poor …
Exploitability of allowed wildcard (*) CORS Origins with Bearer Token ...
Jun 14, 2019 · The primary and critical part of the security of the service, as you've described it, is the bearer token. To a first approximation, nothing else matters. With that said, there are of course many …
oauth - How is pop token more secure than bearer token?
Jul 2, 2021 · Bearer token if lost (during transit over the wire) can give the holder of the token same privileges as the genuine owner. POP token is supposed to additional security by making sure that it …
JWT bearer tokens - Information Security Stack Exchange
Jun 29, 2017 · As you suggested Bearer tokens can be used with any request (not just theoretically). They are completely independent of the request they authorize. AWS signatures, on the other hand, …