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Discussion on: Token vs Session Authentication

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Nathilia Pierce • Edited

I say that session cookies are more secure than JWTs. You should take a look at an alternative to JWTs, PASETO. And don't forget to read a blog post about what's wrong with JWT. You shouldn't use JWTs for authentication.

Never index by secret values!

Another blog post on why you shouldn't use JWTs for sessions.

A blog post about indexing by secrets and timing attacks in general.