In the first article of this series, we explored the concepts of authentication and authorization, understanding their importance and different implementation methods. This second article focuses on…

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This post delves into session-based authentication, focusing on cookie implementation for maintaining user sessions in web applications. It explains how sessions store user data on the server, how cookies facilitate session tracking by storing session IDs on the client side, and the advantages and disadvantages of this method. Additionally, it touches on how mobile apps handle session management, highlighting the use of tokens instead of cookies.

Authentication — Part 2 — Session-Based Authentication and Cookies

First: How cookie-based authentication works?

Third: Advantages and Disadvantages of Cookie-Based Authentication