Authentication: Securing Your Application

Learn how to implement secure authentication mechanisms in your applications. This track covers everything from basic login systems to advanced topics like OAuth, JWT, and multi-factor authentication.

📄️ 1. Introduction

Learn the fundamental concepts of Authentication vs. Authorization and how security works in web apps.

📄️ 2. Password Hashing

Learn how to securely store passwords using hashing and salting with the Bcrypt library.

📄️ 3. JWT Tokens

Learn how to use JSON Web Tokens for stateless authentication in your MERN stack applications.

📄️ 4. OAuth (Social Login)

Understand how OAuth works and how to integrate Login with Google using Passport.js.

📄️ 5. Sessions vs. Tokens

A deep dive comparison between stateful session-based auth and stateless token-based auth.

📄️ 6. RBAC (Authorization)

Learn how to manage user permissions and protect routes based on user roles like Admin, Editor, or Student.

📄️ 7. Best Practices

Essential security checklist for building professional and secure authentication systems.