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prerequisites
intermediate Java • basics of Spring • basic debugging
skills learned
understanding the procurement API • adding the authentication layer with JSON web tokens • identifying and fixing vulnerabilities
Sashank Dara
1 week · 6-8 hours per week · BEGINNER
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In this liveProject, you’ll implement authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for a REST API. You’ll set up sign-up, login, and logout functionality, as well as authenticated retrieval of user details. You’ll even generate the skeleton implementation of the API, then test your code with Postman.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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Sashank Dara

Sashank Dara received his PhD in cybersecurity from IIIT-Bangalore in the area of applied cryptography and threat intelligence. He’s an expert cybersecurity technologist with more than 17 years of experience in the field, including as a consultant advisor for Manipal Global Education Services’ cybersecurity programs and as a security technology and strategy advisor for security startups including Appknox, Haltdos, and SecurityJourney.com. He remains a trusted information security consultant and advisor for top companies in EdTech, IT/ITes, academia, and real estate. He’s the co-inventor of 5 U.S. patents (and 3 IETF drafts) in the areas of cloud, SDN, and NFV security, and he’s published more than a dozen research papers at IEEE, LNCS conferences in the areas of cloud security, privacy, cryptography, and threat intelligence. A prolific speaker at security conferences and invited talks, Dara is currently the CTO and co-founder of Seconize, an award-winning cybersecurity startup pioneering a cyber risk and compliance management SaaS product suite.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for developers who know the basics of REST API development, and who want to add JWT authentication to their toolbox. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with:

TOOLS
  • Intermediate Java
  • Basics of Java Spring
  • Basics of SQL and JDBC
  • Basics of Linux and command line
  • Java IDEs such as Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA
  • Testing APIs via PostMan
TECHNIQUES
  • Basic debugging
  • Code reviews
  • Code refactoring
  • Unit testing

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