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Nemanja Jovanovic
Nemanja Jovanovic

Reputation: 1

Add JWT authentication to Asp.Net MVC applicatio

Basically, I have a homework assignment which involves me creating a MVC app in Asp.Net (the standard version, not Core). I need to provide authentication using jwt, but i have to use a separate authentication server, so the token creation and validation are delegated to that server, and if a server like that already exists (perhaps a facebook or twitter authentication server using jwt), i should use it rather than create my own. I am not sure if there is a jwt authentication server which I could use, and I don't know what is the best way to handle jwt tokens, for example if i have a form that submits stuff to a controller action, how to place a jwt token in the request. Any help on this would be much appreciated!

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Answers (1)

Joe van de Bilt
Joe van de Bilt

Reputation: 265

As this is a homework assignment I'm going to try and provide a jumping off point rather than provide code samples or anything.

A JWT can be issued from another authority and used within your own application provided your application is set up to use that authority. For example, in house we use AWS Cognito to store our users, and in each of our web applications we specify that our JWT tokens are being issued by that Cognito user pool.

I've had a quick look around online for any issuers that may provide this service for free, and found the following blog post for Auth0 which boasts being able to support up to 7000 users for free (there may be hidden costs, I haven't looked into it fully)

The tutorial in the blog post seems to follow a .Net standard rather than a core implementation. Hopefully you find this useful and good luck with your assignment!

Upvotes: 1

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