9 docs tagged with "security"

Essential security checklist for building professional and secure authentication systems.

Learn how to secure your AWS account using Identity and Access Management (IAM) and security best practices. Understand the shared responsibility model and how to protect your applications from common security pitfalls.

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

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

Learn how to secure your Node.js API and React frontend by using Nginx as a high-performance reverse proxy. This chapter will guide you through the configuration needed to route API requests to your backend while serving your frontend efficiently. By the end, you'll have a professional setup that keeps your MERN application fast and secure.

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

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

Learn how to manage sensitive data and deployment targets using GitHub Secrets and Environments. This guide covers best practices for storing API keys, database credentials, and how to set up protected environments for staging and production deployments in your CodeHarborHub projects.

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