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pratski
pratski

Reputation: 1488

Token Authentication in Devise

I am a beginner in the world of Rails. Can someone please explain to me like I am a 2 year old. What in the world does token authentication do? Is it recommended for your app from a security standpoint or you are fine just without it???

Upvotes: 0

Views: 111

Answers (2)

Nishant
Nishant

Reputation: 3005

Security tokens provide the "what you have" component in 2 factor / multi-factor solutions.

As talking to a two year old,

You want to get in the house. You would need a 'key' - a token that the system can identify you with.

Upvotes: 0

alno
alno

Reputation: 3616

Token authentication is usually used to create auto-signin links in your emails.

User clicks on link like http://example.com/some_page?auth_token=some-very-secret-token, which contains token and is recognized by token value.

So there is no need to remember password to unsubscribe from your site emails, for example.

Upvotes: 1

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