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Refactor JWT storage from localStorage to HTTPOnly Cookies #37

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williamtnguyen opened this issue Sep 14, 2020 · 0 comments
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Refactor JWT storage from localStorage to HTTPOnly Cookies #37

williamtnguyen opened this issue Sep 14, 2020 · 0 comments

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williamtnguyen commented Sep 14, 2020

localStorage is the browser's memory, and storing our JSON Web Tokens in there makes our app vulnerable to XSS and CSRF attacks. We should refactor the storage of our JWTs to HTTPOnly cookies to ensure safer authorization within our application

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